Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews subjects regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in electronic educational technology enable people in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning organizations are having to attend to more than ever because distance learning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can stakeholders make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like One Month to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing desideratum to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Scholars want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this desideratum for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also describes the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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