Find out more about the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that addresses topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in e-learning are providing the means for people in nations all aver the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are numerous subjects that online learning technology organizations are considering in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with poor student motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and many other participants want to gain a better understanding of these new open education experiments. Students want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this growing desideratum for knowledge the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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