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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about subjects having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest developments in electronic educational technology have provided the means for humans in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. These MOOC courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online education institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business strategies are being used by institutions like Excelsior College to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage low motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning becomes more available there is a demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these promising new open educational experiments. Professors want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this developing desire for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This book also discusses the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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