Find out more about the thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes subjects having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in elearning make it possible for learners all around the world to be participants in online classes. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These online MOOCs are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning technology organizations are having to consider today because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Cornell University to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage problems like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a desire to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this developing desire for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This gripping new book also explores the controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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