Learn more about the enlightening new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in online education technology make it possible for people all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning organizations are having to attend to today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can participants guarantee that the training provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage issues like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these intriguing new open education undertakings. Scientists want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this developing desire for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This intriguing new book also examines the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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