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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in elearning are empowering people in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online education institutions are having to attend to today because blended learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers certify that the quality control for these massively open online courses is good? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Lithuania to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants handle low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants need to better perceive these open educational experiments. Academics want to understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this demand for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also examines the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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