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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New improvements in blended learning have provided the means for humans all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that distance learning institutions must deal with more than ever because online education technology is improving so fast. How can institutions assure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business models are being used by organizations like MOOEC to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants get a handle on poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other stakeholders want to better perceive these important new open education experiments. Researchers want to know how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this expanding desire for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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