Learn more about the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest advances in digital education technology have enabled people in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning institutions are having to attend to now that elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can stakeholders certify that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Canvas Network to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding demand to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Everybody wants to grasp how massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing need for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also considers the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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