Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which addresses subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in online education technology have provided the means for learners in nations all around the world to take online courses. These massively open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that blended learning institutions have to struggle with now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can students ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by organizations like The Ohio State University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a necessity to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these exciting new open educational endeavours. Educators want to comprehend how MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this crescive desideratum for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This book also articulates the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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