Find out more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which addresses subjects related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in blended learning technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massive open courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that e-learning technology organizations are having to attend to today because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like One Month to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing need to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open education endeavours. Corporations want to know how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this need for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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