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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in electronic educational technology have empowered humans in nations all around the world to participate in courses online. These massive open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that distance learning organizations are having to consider more than ever because blended learning technology is developing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants be assured that the quality of these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can institutions certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Germany to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Trainers want to grasp how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this need for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also examines the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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