Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in blended learning technology have empowered people in nations all around the world to be participants in online courses. MOOC classes are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning organizations are having to consider now that e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers guarantee that the quality control for these MOOCs is adequate? How can organizations make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What strategies are being used by organizations like California Institute of the Arts to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage issues like inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these significant new open educational ventures. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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