Learn more about the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern developments in online education enable learners in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. These online MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that blended learning institutions are having to attend to today because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on low motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants need to understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education initiatives. Professors want to comprehend how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing need for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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