Find out more about the thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern advances in blended learning have provided the means for humans in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. MOOC classes are usually free for students 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 topics that online learning technology organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Saudi Arabia to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Students want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing desire for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This dramatic new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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