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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in blended learning technology have provided the means for learners in nations all around the world to be participants 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 MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology organizations are having to struggle with now that learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators certify that the quality control for these massive open online courses is all right? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants manage inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As online education technology becomes more available there is a developing demand to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders want to better perceive these intriguing new open education ventures. Everyone wants to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desire for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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