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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which investigates topics pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in online learning technology are providing the means for humans all around the world to be participants in online classes. These massive online courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning institutions are having to consider today because blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators assure that the quality of these MOOCs is adequate? How can participants make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Cambodia to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to know how these massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing demand for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This book also examines the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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