Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent advances in electronic education technology enable humans in all parts of the world to take classes online. Massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that elearning technology organizations are having to consider today because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders ensure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can stakeholders make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like MOOEC to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle problems like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a growing need to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants need to gain more knowledge about these open education experiments. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this crescive demand for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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