Learn more about this illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that researches issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest changes in online learning have provided the means for people all over the world to take online courses. These massive open online courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online education institutions are struggling with today because blended learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is adequate? How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Santa Clara University to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations manage low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Scholars want to perceive how MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this crescive desire for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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