Find out more about the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines subjects relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in online education have made it possible for people in nations all around the world to take part in online courses. MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning technology organizations are having to deal with now that blended learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we certify that the quality of these MOOCs is tolerable? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more abundant there is a developing need to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open education experiments. Researchers want to know how massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this need for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This inspiring new book also examines the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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