Find out more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New advances in blended learning technology have provided the means for people all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that blended learning organizations are having to struggle with now that e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing desire to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Public servants want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this growing desire for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This gripping new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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