Learn more about the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new gains in blended learning technology are empowering people all over the world to take part in courses online. These MOOC courses are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a lot of issues that online learning institutions are considering today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can educators be assured that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can organizations assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Excelsior College to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Professors want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this growing desire for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education subjects. This new book also considers the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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