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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses subjects related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest improvements in electronic educational technology enable people all around the world to take classes online. These massive open courses are generally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning technology institutions have to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers make sure that the quality of these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a need to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Scholars want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing need for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education topics. This new book also examines the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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