Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates subjects relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new advancements in distance learning are providing the means for students in all parts of the world to take part in courses online. MOOC classes are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants assure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can we make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor motivation and high student attrition?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these promising new open educational experiments. People want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing desideratum for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This book also reviews the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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