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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes issues regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in online learning technology are empowering learners all over the world to take part in online courses. MOOCs are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that e-learning technology organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because learning technology is improving so quickly. How can we certify that the quality control for these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Senegal to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators manage low learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing need to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open educational endeavours. Universities want to understand how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this developing need for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This inspiring new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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