Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which deals with subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest changes in online education have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to take classes online. These massive open online courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that blended learning institutions are struggling with today because online education technology is developing so fast. How can participants ensure that the education provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can organizations assure that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Sweden to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle problems like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding demand to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand these promising new open education endeavours. People want to understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing demand for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also reviews the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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