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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers topics regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in e-learning technology have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. MOOC classes are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that blended learning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions ensure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can learners assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a demand to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and many other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Universities want to understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this crescive need for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource subjects. This intriguing new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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