Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest developments in blended learning technology have made it possible for students all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a variety of topics that distance learning organizations are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions be assured that the training provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like OpenLearning to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can educators get a handle on low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more abundant there is a necessity to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders desire to understand these exciting new open education experiments. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this need for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also studies the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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