Find out more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses subjects related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in digital education technology have enabled people in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning organizations have to consider today because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators assure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a desire to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders want to better perceive these exciting new open education initiatives. Academics want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this expanding demand for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This book also researches the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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