Learn more about this fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in distance learning have enabled humans all over the world to be participants in courses online. These MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that e-learning institutions have to consider now that e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like openHPI to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle problems like low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more available there is a necessity to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these open education experiments. Academics want to understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this developing demand for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This book also talks about the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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