Learn more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new evolvements in technology-enhanced learning enable students all over the world to participate in online courses. MOOCs are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with today because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators certify that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of these open education experiments. Professors want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this expanding desire for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This new book also deals with the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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