Learn more about the appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in electronic education technology are empowering humans all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a lot of subjects that blended learning organizations are dealing with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions make sure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders would like to understand these new open educational endeavours. Academics want to know how massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this desire for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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