Learn more about the thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in blended learning are empowering humans in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so fast. This scholarly volume offer guidelines for educators hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning environment. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can institutions be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these massive open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions get a handle on poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these open education experiments. Intellectuals want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this desideratum for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education topics. This book also discusses the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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