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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that investigates subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest changes in electronic educational technology have empowered people all over the world to take part in courses online. These online MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are numerous issues that distance learning institutions are considering now that blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we certify that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can institutions make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to comprehend how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders want to better comprehend these intriguing new open educational experiments. Instructors want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this expanding need for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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