Learn more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies topics regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in digital education technology have empowered students all over the world to be participants in online courses. These online MOOC courses are normally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that e-learning technology organizations have to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can students ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage issues like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this crescive need for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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