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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent advances in online education have enabled humans all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning institutions have to struggle with today because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like United Kingdom to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to be aware of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these new open educational ventures. Intellectuals want to understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this developing need for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational topics. This dramatic new book also articulates the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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