Learn more about this informative new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in online education have made it possible for humans in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning organizations are struggling with today because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions certify that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like OpenLearning to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of low student motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing desire to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing need for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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