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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses. New changes in online learning are empowering people in all parts of the world to participate in online classes. These MOOC classes are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning institutions are having to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can organizations guarantee that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can learners certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like California Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants need to understand these exciting new open education endeavours. Intellectuals want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this growing need for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This dramatic new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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