Learn more about the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses subjects related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in distance learning technology are making it possible for people all over the world to participate in courses online. MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that elearning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because online education technology is improving so fast. How can we guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is adequate? How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with low student motivation and high attrition?

As elearning becomes more available there is a desire to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants would like to be more aware of these significant new open education experiments. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive desire for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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