Find out more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in elearning technology have provided the means for students all around the world to participate in classes online. These MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning technology institutions have to struggle with now that e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants ensure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education endeavours. Everybody wants to perceive how these MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this growing desideratum for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This thrilling new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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