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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new evolvements in electronic education technology have made it possible for people all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that learning technology institutions must deal with today because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we ensure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more available there is a growing demand to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Universities and numerous other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these compelling new open education experiments. Trainers want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this developing need for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This book also describes the controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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