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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in digital education technology are empowering humans in every nation on earth to take online classes. MOOC classes are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that blended learning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can learners guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Harvard University to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle problems like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these exciting new open educational ventures. Everybody wants to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this desire for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This definitive new book also articulates the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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