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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in e-learning technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to be participants in online classes. These MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are numerous subjects that online learning organizations have to struggle with today because learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions be assured that the training provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Korea, South to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations get a handle on poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these open educational experiments. Researchers want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this need for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education topics. This dramatic new book also researches the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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