Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest changes in blended learning technology have empowered people all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology institutions have to struggle with today because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is all right? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Bowling Green State University to conduct these MOOC courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these important new open education ventures. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this crescive need for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also researches the most important 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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