Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews subjects related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New evolvements in distance learning technology have empowered people in all parts of the world to take courses online. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants certify that the quality of these massively open online courses is all right? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like NovoEd to conduct these MOOC courses? How can stakeholders manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these fascinating new open educational experiments. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this expanding demand for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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