Learn more about the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern improvements in online education have provided the means for learners in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that blended learning organizations have to deal with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we assure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Mt. San Jacinto College to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle poor student motivation and high attrition?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a necessity to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Everyone wants to know how MOOC courses can be enhanced. In response to this developing desideratum for knowledge the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This dramatic new book also investigates 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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