Learn more about this exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses topics related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new evolvements in distance learning technology have empowered learners all around the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOCs are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online education organizations are having to attend to now that online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants guarantee that the quality control for these MOOCs is all right? How can learners guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Ghana to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand these new open educational experiments. Trainers want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this demand for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This new book also explores the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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