Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New improvements in elearning enable humans in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. These massive online courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online education organizations have to struggle with today because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can learners guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like NovoEd to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders would like to better understand these promising new open education endeavours. Professors want to know how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this desideratum for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education topics. This inspiring new book also examines the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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