Learn more about the thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which analyzes issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in elearning enable people in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning organizations are having to attend to today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the education provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can participants ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Stanford Online to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more available there is a desideratum to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants desire to gain a better understanding of these exciting new open education endeavours. Academics want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desire for facts the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education topics. This book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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