Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses topics relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in distance learning technology enable students in every nation on earth to participate in classes online. These MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that blended learning organizations are dealing with today because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like OpenLearning to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing need to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these open education undertakings. Universities want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing need for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also studies the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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