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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent advances in elearning are making it possible for people in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that elearning technology organizations have to deal with in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the education provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can participants assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Renton Technical College to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with poor motivation and high attrition?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and many other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open education endeavours. Students want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing desideratum for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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