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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest advancements in blended learning have empowered people all over the world to take courses online. These massively open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning institutions have to deal with today because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Cornell University to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more available there is a developing desideratum to be aware of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants want to understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing demand for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This book also considers the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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