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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest evolvements in online education have provided the means for students in nations all around the world to participate in courses online. These massive online courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology institutions are considering more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Czech Republic to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand these exciting new open education experiments. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this desideratum for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This exciting new book also studies the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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