Find out more about this scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in online education have empowered students all over the world to take part in classes online. These online MOOC courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is all right? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can students make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of low student motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Educators and many other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open education endeavours. Everybody wants to perceive how these MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this demand for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also examines the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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