Learn more about the illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that articulates issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in distance learning technology enable learners in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that elearning institutions are dealing with more than ever because online education technology is improving so fast. How can organizations ensure that the education provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Northern Cyprus to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a demand to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open education ventures. Universities want to understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing desire for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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