Learn more about the illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in electronic educational technology have made it possible for people all around the world to take part in online classes. These massive online courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that learning technology institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions certify that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business strategies are being used by institutions like NovoEd to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of low motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these important new open education experiments. Academics want to know how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this desire for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also studies the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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