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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in elearning technology have empowered people in all parts of the world to take online classes. This MOOCs book also describes the benefits of technology integration in k-12 and higher education. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning technology institutions are struggling with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. How can participants assure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can learners ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Costa Rica to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a desideratum to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants would like to gain a better understanding of these exciting new open educational experiments. Students want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive need for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also describes the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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