Find out more about the fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in technology-enhanced learning are enabling people all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that blended learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing need to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Universities want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this growing need for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational subjects. This new book also discusses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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