Learn more about the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in distance learning technology enable people in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that distance learning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because blended learning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can students make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle issues like low motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants would like to better understand these interesting new open education experiments. Everybody wants to understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this developing desire for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education topics. This definitive new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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