Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest evolvements in blended learning have enabled learners in nations all aver the world to take part in courses online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These online MOOC courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning organizations have to struggle with today because blended learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage issues like low student motivation and high attrition?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants need to better comprehend the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Universities want to grasp how these MOOCs can be made better. To meet this developing desideratum for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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