Learn more about the engaging new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies topics pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent gains in learning technology are enabling students in every nation on earth to take classes online. These online MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that distance learning organizations are having to deal with today because blended learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is good? How can we make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business strategies are being used by organizations like Ohio State University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators handle low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants want to understand the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Students want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive need for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education issues. This amazing new book also considers the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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