Learn more about this dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in e-learning have enabled people all over the world to participate in classes online. Massive open online courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that distance learning institutions are having to attend to now that e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Brown University to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more available there is a desideratum to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Researchers and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these open education initiatives. Universities want to understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding desideratum for knowledge the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This gripping new book also reviews the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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