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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in distance learning are making it possible for students all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning organizations have to deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can teachers ensure that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can learners assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like South Ossetia to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle issues like low motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this crescive need for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This sensational new book also talks about the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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