Learn more about this impressive book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers subjects relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in blended learning technology enable people in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. These massive open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are several issues that online education institutions have to deal with now that learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders be assured that the education provided by these MOOCs is good? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants would like to better understand these exciting new open education experiments. Corporations want to know how these MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing need for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This intriguing new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCS And Open Education