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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest improvements in blended learning technology have empowered people in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning organizations are having to consider in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is decent? How can students certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage issues like poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a need to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these exciting new open educational experiments. Corporations want to better understand how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing need for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education issues. This authoritative new book also describes the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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