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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New improvements in distance learning have empowered humans all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning technology organizations are having to consider today because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Senegal to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with low motivation and high attrition?

As elearning becomes more available there is a developing demand to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants desire to better grasp these open educational initiatives. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this demand for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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