Learn more about the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern developments in online education have empowered people in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that e-learning institutions are having to consider today because online education technology is improving so quickly. How can we ensure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can students certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Santa Clara University to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we get a handle on poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Researchers want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this desideratum for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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