Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which analyzes topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent changes in elearning have empowered students in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massive open online courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that blended learning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can participants assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Ohio State University to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage issues like poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a desire to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these intriguing new open education endeavours. Educators want to grasp how MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this expanding desire for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education topics. This stimulating new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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