Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in e-learning are enabling learners in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. These massive open courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that learning technology organizations have to struggle with now that blended learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to comprehend how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants would like to better grasp these promising new open educational experiments. Researchers want to comprehend how these massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive need for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also describes the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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