Learn more about the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern evolvements in e-learning enable learners all around the world to be participants in online classes. Massive open online courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that distance learning institutions are having to consider now that distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing need to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education ventures. Universities want to understand how MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this expanding demand for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This intriguing new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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