Learn more about the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern gains in blended learning technology are making it possible for humans in every nation on earth to be participants in classes online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massively open online courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is respectable? How can students ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Serbia to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a need to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Teachers want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing demand for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This interesting new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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