Learn more about the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which deals with topics having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in electronic educational technology are providing the means for people all over the world to take online classes. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning institutions must deal with today because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like CaltechX to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of low student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing demand to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this developing need for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education topics. This intriguing new book also describes the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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