Find out more about the fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in blended learning have provided the means for learners all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning technology institutions have to consider more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can institutions ensure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business models are being used by institutions like University of Colorado Boulder to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these intriguing new open education endeavours. Educators want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing need for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This book also considers the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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