Learn more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses topics having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses. The latest advances in technology-enhanced learning have enabled people all around the world to participate in online courses. These online MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that blended learning organizations have to consider today because learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants ensure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like University of Utah to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other stakeholders want to better understand these promising new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to know how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this expanding need for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This sensational new book also explores the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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