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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest evolvements in technology-enhanced learning have empowered people all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online education organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because blended learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford Online to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these new open education initiatives. Lecturers want to grasp how these MOOCs can be made better. To meet this growing demand for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education topics. This new book also explores the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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