Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. New advancements in e-learning have empowered people all over the world to take classes online. MOOC classes are free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning technology organizations are having to consider now that e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders would like to better understand these significant new open education experiments. Trainers want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this desideratum for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This new book also discusses the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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