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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses topics relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern advances in online education have enabled people in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because distance learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of these MOOCs is decent? How can we certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Canada to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage issues like low student motivation and high attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more procurable there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Corporations want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this developing demand for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education topics. This new book also describes the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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