Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates topics relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent advancements in elearning technology are empowering people in nations all around the world to be participants in classes online. These massive online courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning institutions are having to attend to now that distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders ensure that the education provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can stakeholders certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more available there is a growing necessity to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Lecturers want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this increasing need for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This intriguing new book also talks about the key 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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