Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in distance learning technology are providing the means for learners in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning technology institutions are having to deal with now that online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Princeton University to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle issues like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational initiatives. Professors want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this desire for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This stimulating new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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