Find out more about the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern changes in distance learning technology enable humans all around the world to participate in online courses. Massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of topics that elearning institutions have to deal with now that learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Georgia Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more available there is a desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Corporations want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this increasing demand for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This thrilling new book also articulates the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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