Find out more about the breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent changes in online learning have made it possible for people in nations all around the world to take online classes. These massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education organizations are having to deal with now that e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can participants make sure that the education provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we manage poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders need to understand these exciting new open educational experiments. Educators want to better understand how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this expanding demand for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This book also considers the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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