Find out more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with topics relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New evolvements in blended learning technology are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to take part in online courses. These online MOOC courses are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that distance learning organizations must deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers guarantee that the education provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can organizations ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Germany to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding necessity to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants desire to better perceive these important new open education experiments. Everyone wants to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing demand for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This new book also researches the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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