Find out more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in electronic educational technology make it possible for people in all parts of the world to take classes online. MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning organizations are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can organizations assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like New Caledonia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand these exciting new open education experiments. Universities want to understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this developing desideratum for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education subjects. This thrilling new book also talks about the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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