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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches issues related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern evolvements in learning technology have enabled learners all around the world to take classes online. Massively open online courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that distance learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because blended learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of these MOOC courses is good? How can organizations guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? How can participants handle problems like poor motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Public servants want to better understand how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this developing need for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This dramatic new book also examines the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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