Find out more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent improvements in digital education technology have empowered people all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that e-learning organizations are having to consider today because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is all right? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Universities want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this desire for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource issues. This new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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