Find out more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in e-learning have enabled people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are generally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that learning technology institutions have to consider more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Korea, North to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders want to understand these interesting new open education experiments. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this growing desideratum for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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