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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent improvements in learning technology have empowered humans in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. 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 massively open online courses are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that elearning organizations have to deal with today because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the training provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can students ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle issues like poor student motivation and high attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more procurable there is a growing need to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants want to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Educators want to know how these MOOCs can be improved. In response to this increasing need for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This gripping new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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