Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in online education technology are providing the means for learners all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online learning technology organizations are having to deal with more than ever because blended learning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations certify that the quality control for these MOOCs is respectable? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Everybody wants to perceive how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this growing need for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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