Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews topics related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in technology-enhanced learning have enabled humans all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can educators be assured that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage problems like poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants would like to better grasp these intriguing new open education ventures. Academics want to know how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this increasing demand for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This stimulating new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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