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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies topics regarding open education resources and massively open online courses. Modern changes in digital education technology have provided the means for humans in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning organizations have to consider more than ever because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Eliademy to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle poor motivation and high dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As online education becomes more available there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders would like to better understand these significant new open education endeavours. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this growing demand for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This inspiring new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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