Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern advances in blended learning technology are enabling learners all around the world to be participants in classes online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massive open online courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more available there is a developing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these interesting new open educational undertakings. Educators want to know how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this crescive demand for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This book also explores the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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