Learn more about the compelling new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in online learning enable people in nations all around the world to participate in online courses. Massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are quite a few topics that online learning technology institutions are dealing with today because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we certify that the training provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can students ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these fascinating new open education endeavours. Universities want to understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive need for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This new book also studies the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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