Learn more about the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New changes in online education have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that blended learning institutions are having to deal with now that e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can organizations certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing necessity to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders desire to understand these interesting new open education experiments. Everybody wants to grasp how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this demand for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational topics. This authoritative new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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