Find out more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that researches issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern advancements in online education technology have enabled people in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. These MOOC classes are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that elearning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can educators guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle problems like low student motivation and high attrition?

As online learning becomes more available there is a growing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this increasing desideratum for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational issues. This stimulating new book also examines the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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