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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in electronic educational technology have enabled people all over the world to take online courses. These massively open online courses are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions are struggling with now that elearning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders ensure that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can students make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Uzbekistan to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a demand to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Everybody wants to better understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This intriguing new book also considers the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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