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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest evolvements in blended learning have empowered learners all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning organizations have to consider today because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Harvard University to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle low motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a demand to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Public servants want to perceive how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing demand for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also examines the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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