Learn more about this breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in e-learning technology enable learners all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that e-learning technology institutions are having to consider more than ever because blended learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers assure that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Romania to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle problems like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing necessity to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Teachers want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive demand for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This inspiring new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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