Find out more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New developments in elearning are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. MOOC courses are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that blended learning organizations are having to attend to now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can participants certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Poland to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these exciting new open educational endeavours. Universities want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this demand for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This book also examines the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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