Learn more about the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies topics related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in digital education technology make it possible for people all around the world to take online classes. MOOC classes are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online education institutions have to deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. How can we be assured that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can learners assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders want to better perceive these intriguing new open educational experiments. Students want to comprehend how MOOC courses can be enhanced. In response to this crescive demand for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also researches the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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