Find out more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new developments in elearning are making it possible for people all around the world to take courses via the Internet. This MOOCs book also describes the benefits of technology integration in k-12 and higher education. Massive open online courses are generally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning organizations are having to struggle with now that online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers ensure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can we certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing desire to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these open education experiments. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing desire for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education issues. This interesting new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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