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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes subjects related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in electronic educational technology are enabling learners in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning institutions are having to consider today because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by institutions like Korea, North to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Scholars want to perceive how MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this crescive desire for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education issues. This exciting new book also explores the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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