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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses. New changes in blended learning technology are enabling people in nations all around the world to take classes online. These massively open online courses are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online education institutions are dealing with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can educators be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Researchers want to understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this developing need for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This exciting new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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