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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates subjects pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in learning technology are empowering learners in all parts of the world to take part in online classes. MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that elearning technology organizations must deal with today because learning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more widespread there is a need to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants need to gain a better understanding of these exciting new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive desideratum for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource topics. This book also addresses the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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