Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in distance learning technology are enabling humans all around the world to participate in classes online. Massively open online courses are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that elearning technology organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers guarantee that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Bhutan to conduct these MOOC classes? How can organizations manage problems like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more procurable there is a developing desire to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Academics want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this need for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This book also describes the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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