Learn more about the fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies topics pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent gains in e-learning are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to be participants in online classes. These massive open courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are considering now that distance learning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers assure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business models are being used by organizations like openHPI to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing desideratum to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders want to better understand these promising new open education initiatives. Lecturers want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing desideratum for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also investigates the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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