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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advancements in blended learning technology are enabling people all around the world to participate in classes online. Massively open online courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Russia to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a demand to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these significant new open education ventures. People want to better understand how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this expanding demand for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This exciting new book also examines the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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