Learn more about the informative new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in distance learning technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. These online MOOC courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that e-learning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants ensure that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Belgium to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more procurable there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these open educational experiments. People want to perceive how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this need for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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