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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in online learning technology have provided the means for humans in all parts of the world to be participants in classes online. MOOC courses are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that learning technology institutions are struggling with today because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can participants ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage problems like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more available there is a expanding need to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants need to gain more knowledge about these significant new open education experiments. Teachers want to grasp how MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing desire for details the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational issues. This authoritative new book also examines the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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