Learn more about this fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in distance learning technology have enabled learners all around the world to be participants in courses online. These MOOCs are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning institutions are having to consider today because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders certify that the training provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle problems like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Students want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this growing need for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education topics. This intriguing new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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