Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in distance learning are making it possible for people all over the world to take classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are several issues that e-learning technology organizations are having to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants handle problems like poor motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more procurable there is a desideratum to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these open education experiments. Educators want to perceive how these massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this need for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This intriguing new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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