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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern advances in digital education technology have empowered learners in all parts of the world to participate in online classes. MOOCs are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few issues that blended learning organizations are having to consider more than ever because learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the training provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like China, Republic of (Taiwan) to conduct these massively open online courses? How can institutions deal with poor motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open education experiments. Public servants want to grasp how MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this growing desideratum for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This stimulating new book also discusses the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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