Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in electronic education technology are providing the means for learners all around the world to participate in courses online. These massive online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning institutions are having to consider in 2015 because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage problems like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants desire to better perceive these fascinating new open education endeavours. Educators want to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing desire for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also considers the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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