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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in elearning technology enable people in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses online. These online MOOC courses are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning technology organizations have to consider more than ever because learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Tuvalu to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle problems like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants would like to better grasp these important new open education initiatives. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this need for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education issues. This book also explores the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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