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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New developments in online learning technology have enabled learners in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning technology institutions are dealing with today because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations ensure that the training provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Turkey to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants manage problems like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a desire to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these fascinating new open education endeavours. Corporations want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this developing demand for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This new book also considers the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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