Learn more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in online education have provided the means for students in nations all around the world to participate in courses online. MOOC courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning institutions have to consider now that elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we make sure that the quality of these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can we make sure that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Slovenia to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage low student motivation and high attrition?

As elearning becomes more procurable there is a growing demand to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open education endeavours. Professors want to know how MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this developing need for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational issues. This book also examines the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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