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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses subjects relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern advances in elearning are empowering people all around the world to take online classes. Massive open online courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are numerous issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to deal with now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can organizations make sure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage issues like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a developing desire to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open education endeavours. People want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this expanding demand for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This authoritative new book also deals with the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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