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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers subjects related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in online learning are enabling students in every nation on earth to take classes online. MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are struggling with today because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders ensure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can organizations make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders need to better perceive these promising new open education experiments. Scientists want to understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing desideratum for knowledge the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This thrilling new book also investigates the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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