Learn more about the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in distance learning technology enable people in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. These MOOC courses are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to consider in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is respectable? How can learners ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Zimbabwe to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a demand to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Instructors want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this crescive need for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also explores the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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