Learn more about this educative new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in online learning technology are empowering learners in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology institutions have to consider now that blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants need to better grasp these promising new open education experiments. Scientists want to know how MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this need for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education issues. This new book also considers the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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