Learn more about this educative new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates subjects relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern evolvements in online education have enabled students all over the world to participate in online courses. MOOCs are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that e-learning organizations are having to struggle with now that elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators assure that the training provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Bangladesh to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Professors want to know how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding need for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education subjects. This authoritative new book also examines the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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