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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest improvements in digital education technology have empowered students all around the world to be participants in courses online. These massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that blended learning organizations are having to deal with today because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can participants ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Michigan State University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators manage problems like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Lecturers and many other participants desire to better grasp these new open education endeavours. Academics want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this developing need for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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