Find out more about this informative new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses subjects regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New improvements in blended learning technology enable people all over the world to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that e-learning organizations are having to struggle with today because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can institutions guarantee that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Equatorial Guinea to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a need to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these compelling new open educational ventures. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing desideratum for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This new book also deals with the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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