Learn more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent changes in e-learning technology have provided the means for people all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to deal with now that e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business models are being used by organizations like Panama to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to be aware of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing need for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This new book also describes the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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