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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New advancements in blended learning technology are empowering humans all over the world to take online classes. Massively open online courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that e-learning technology institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of these MOOCs is tolerable? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Chile to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a growing demand to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders need to better comprehend the outcomes of these important new open educational endeavours. Everyone wants to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this desire for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This intriguing new book also articulates the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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