Find out more about this scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in online education enable learners in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to deal with now that learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants make sure that the quality control for these MOOCs is decent? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of low motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a desideratum to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this desideratum for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This exciting new book also considers the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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