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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in elearning technology are empowering students all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that elearning technology organizations have to struggle with now that e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like OpenLearning to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more procurable there is a developing demand to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational initiatives. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this developing desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also researches the controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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