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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in technology-enhanced learning enable students in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. These massive open courses are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online education institutions have to struggle with more than ever because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators assure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can stakeholders certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Rwaq to conduct these massively open online courses? How can organizations deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders need to be more aware of these exciting new open educational experiments. Universities want to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this expanding desire for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This new book also examines the 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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