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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in blended learning have empowered people in all parts of the world to take online classes. These massive online courses are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are several issues that elearning organizations are having to attend to more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions make sure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Faroe Islands to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage low motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a desideratum to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders would like to better understand these intriguing new open education experiments. Public servants want to better understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this developing desire for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This new book also researches the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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