Find out more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent advances in online education have enabled people in all parts of the world to be participants in classes online. These MOOC classes are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that elearning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations ensure that the education provided by these MOOCs is good? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Relay Graduate School of Education to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage problems like poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a desire to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this expanding desire for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also considers the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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