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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in online learning technology have empowered learners all around the world to be participants in online classes. These online MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are quite a few subjects that blended learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can participants make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Lesotho to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Researchers want to grasp how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing demand for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This definitive new book also investigates the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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