Find out more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which deals with topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in online education technology have made it possible for people in every nation on earth to take online courses. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massive open online courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are considering more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. How can we be assured that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can participants make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, Irvine to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing need to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders would like to better grasp these fascinating new open education experiments. Trainers want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding desideratum for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This exciting new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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