Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in online education are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online education institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions assure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can organizations make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like United States to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants need to be more aware of the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this demand for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This book also examines the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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