Learn more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New changes in distance learning technology have provided the means for learners all around the world to participate in courses online. These MOOC classes are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are numerous topics that e-learning organizations are considering today because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators certify that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can organizations certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Broward College to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and many other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be made better. To meet this increasing desideratum for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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