Learn more about this illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in elearning have provided the means for students in every nation on earth to take part in courses online. MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that blended learning institutions are having to attend to now that e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators ensure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Tumblr to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open education initiatives. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this need for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This book also discusses the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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