Find out more about the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses topics having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in elearning are enabling learners all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning technology organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers be assured that the education provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Kauffman Fellows Academy to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desideratum to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants want to understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Scholars want to understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this desideratum for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This new book also talks about the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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