Find out more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in distance learning are empowering people all over the world to be participants in online classes. These massive open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that elearning organizations are having to consider now that elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can we certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Rwaq to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with poor motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning becomes more procurable there is a growing need to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders desire to better understand these new open education endeavours. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing need for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This interesting new book also explores the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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