Learn more about the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches subjects regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in blended learning have provided the means for humans in all parts of the world to take part in courses online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massive online courses are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning institutions are having to attend to today because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of these MOOC classes is good? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage issues like poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a necessity to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this growing desideratum for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational topics. This new book also examines the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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