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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses topics pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in digital education technology have made it possible for learners all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that learning technology institutions are dealing with more than ever because online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can we guarantee that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Iran to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders would like to understand these exciting new open education experiments. Public servants want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this developing desideratum for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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