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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in distance learning are enabling learners in all parts of the world to take online classes. MOOC classes are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning institutions are having to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can organizations certify that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can we certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Corporations want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive demand for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This new book also reviews the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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