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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in blended learning have provided the means for students in all parts of the world to take classes online. Massive open online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning organizations must deal with now that elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can we make sure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is passable? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding need to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Students want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this demand for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This interesting new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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