Learn more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in blended learning have provided the means for humans in every nation on earth to take classes online. These MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that e-learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can organizations ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing necessity to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these new open education ventures. Academics want to better understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this developing desire for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also studies the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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