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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores topics pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New changes in blended learning are providing the means for students in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning institutions must deal with now that online education technology is developing so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants need to better comprehend these promising new open educational undertakings. Public servants want to grasp how MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this developing need for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This new book also explores the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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