Learn more about the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which investigates issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New developments in blended learning have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to take part in classes online. These online MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning technology institutions have to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the training provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can students make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Educators want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this desire for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education issues. This definitive new book also describes the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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