Find out more about this thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in e-learning have enabled learners all around the world to take courses via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning institutions have to struggle with today because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can participants assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Germany to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these important new open education undertakings. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be improved. To meet this demand for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education issues. This exciting new book also researches the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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