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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in e-learning are enabling students all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online learning technology institutions must deal with today because online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators assure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can students make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai to conduct these MOOC classes? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle issues like poor student motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a growing need to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these open education experiments. Intellectuals want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. In response to this expanding need for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This book also discusses the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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