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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that articulates topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New evolvements in blended learning technology have enabled students all over the world to take online courses. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because learning technology is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers ensure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Marquette University to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational ventures. Students want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this developing demand for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education subjects. This new book also considers the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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