Learn more about the fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent developments in electronic education technology are empowering people all over the world to take part in courses online. These massive open courses are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning organizations are having to consider more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators guarantee that the quality control for these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a need to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Academics want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this expanding desideratum for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This book also researches the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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