Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in online learning make it possible for learners in every nation on earth to participate in classes online. These online MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online education institutions have to consider now that online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Khan Academy to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions get a handle on low student motivation and high student attrition?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Professors want to grasp how these MOOCs can be improved. To meet this demand for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational topics. This exciting new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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