Learn more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in blended learning enable learners all over the world to be participants in courses online. These massive open courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that e-learning technology organizations have to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers guarantee that the education provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Wesleyan University to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage issues like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants desire to be more aware of these open educational experiments. People want to know how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this growing desire for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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