Find out more about this exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which addresses issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in e-learning are providing the means for humans in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. MOOC classes are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning institutions are having to deal with now that blended learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions certify that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more available there is a necessity to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders desire to better understand these open educational endeavours. Lecturers want to know how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing demand for details the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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