Learn more about the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines subjects pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in online education have enabled humans all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that elearning institutions are having to attend to more than ever because blended learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions assure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more available there is a growing desire to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Public servants want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive need for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This thrilling new book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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