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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies topics having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses. New changes in blended learning technology have enabled people in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. This MOOCs book also analyzes the motivational variables involved in self-directed learning experiences. These MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of topics that learning technology institutions are considering in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers ensure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can stakeholders certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more procurable there is a growing necessity to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these promising new open education endeavours. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be made better. To meet this growing desire for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This interesting new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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