Learn more about the educative new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in digital education technology are enabling students all around the world to participate in online courses. MOOC courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that elearning organizations are having to deal with now that online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Canada to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Scientists want to understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing demand for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics. This book also addresses 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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