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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New advances in elearning make it possible for students all over the world to take part in online courses. These massive open online courses are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning organizations must deal with today because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can we guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Eliademy to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with poor student motivation and high attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding desire to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Scientists want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this developing need for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This book also talks about the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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