Learn more about the informative new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in digital education technology enable people in nations all around the world to participate in online courses. These online MOOCs are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology institutions must deal with now that online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Canada to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and many other participants need to better comprehend these exciting new open educational endeavours. Everyone wants to know how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this demand for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This intriguing new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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