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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes subjects related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern evolvements in online education have enabled learners in all parts of the world to take part in courses online. MOOC courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning technology institutions are having to struggle with now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. How can we make sure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle problems like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desideratum to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and many other participants want to understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Educators want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing desideratum for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also considers the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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