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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which reviews issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent advances in digital education technology are empowering people in nations all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to struggle with today because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we assure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is good? How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing need to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational initiatives. Everybody wants to better understand how MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this crescive demand for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational topics. This book also studies the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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