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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in digital education technology are enabling humans in all parts of the world to take part in classes online. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a variety of issues that blended learning institutions have to consider in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can teachers assure that the quality of these MOOCs is tolerable? How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing necessity to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants desire to be more aware of these exciting new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This stimulating new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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