Find out more about the thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in online learning technology are enabling students all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning institutions are having to deal with today because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders ensure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Peter I Island to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle problems like low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a need to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive need for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also considers the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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