Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New advancements in digital education technology are enabling students in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. MOOCs are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that learning technology organizations have to deal with in 2015 because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Australia to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle problems like low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to better understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this expanding desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This dramatic new book also articulates the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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