Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new evolvements in technology-enhanced learning have made it possible for people all over the world to take part in courses online. Massively open online courses are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that blended learning organizations are having to attend to today because online education technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can students ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Bhutan to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more available there is a developing necessity to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Everyone wants to better understand how these MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this developing demand for information the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This book also investigates the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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