Learn more about the compelling new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent advancements in distance learning have empowered students all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are several topics that learning technology institutions have to consider more than ever because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations certify that the training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like British Virgin Islands to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these important new open education experiments. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this growing demand for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This gripping new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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