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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which deals with topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new evolvements in electronic educational technology have empowered students in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that elearning technology organizations are struggling with in 2015 because blended learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these MOOCs? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage low motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a demand to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Researchers want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive need for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This book also investigates the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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