Learn more about this authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest improvements in online education technology are providing the means for learners in every nation on earth to take online classes. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. MOOC classes are generally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning technology organizations have to struggle with now that blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like YouTube to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning becomes more abundant there is a growing desideratum to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants want to better perceive these compelling new open educational endeavours. Educators want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this expanding desire for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education topics. This new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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