Find out more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in blended learning technology are empowering people in nations all around the world to take courses online. These MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning institutions are struggling with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more procurable there is a growing demand to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants need to be more aware of these exciting new open education initiatives. Universities want to grasp how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this developing desire for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also examines the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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