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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies issues related to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern gains in distance learning technology are providing the means for learners in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning institutions have to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can we guarantee that the training provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Belarus to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle problems like poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these new open educational undertakings. Universities want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this demand for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also reviews the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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