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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines subjects relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in e-learning technology have empowered learners in every nation on earth to take online courses. Massively open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations ensure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can participants make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like South Africa to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of low motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a developing need to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants desire to better understand these open education experiments. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this need for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also examines the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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