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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern evolvements in e-learning are making it possible for people in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning institutions are dealing with today because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we certify that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing demand to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these important new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing desire for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also considers the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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