Learn more about the fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses. New advances in online learning technology are empowering learners all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that distance learning organizations are having to attend to today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Harvard University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage problems like low learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants desire to better comprehend these promising new open education experiments. Trainers want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this developing desideratum for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This dramatic new book also describes the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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