Find out more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest advancements in elearning are enabling people in nations all aver the world to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that e-learning organizations are having to deal with today because blended learning technology is advancing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can organizations guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Spain to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of poor motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding need to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants want to gain a better understanding of these important new open education experiments. Scholars want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing desire for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education issues. This sensational new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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