Find out more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores topics related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New developments in electronic educational technology are making it possible for people all around the world to be participants in online classes. MOOC classes are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning organizations are struggling with in 2015 because online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing need to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these important new open educational ventures. Corporations want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing desire for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This book also addresses the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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