Learn more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in distance learning are enabling people all over the world to take part in courses online. These MOOC classes are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning technology institutions are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can learners assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Bulgaria to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations manage inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Everyone wants to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this need for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This scholarly new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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