Learn more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in elearning have empowered people in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOCs are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a variety of topics that elearning organizations have to struggle with today because learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can students ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by organizations like United States to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we handle issues like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational undertakings. Educators want to understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing desideratum for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This inspiring new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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