Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in online learning technology enable learners all over the world to be participants in classes online. Massively open online courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that e-learning technology institutions have to consider today because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can we ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like MOOEC to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants want to gain a better understanding of these interesting new open education undertakings. Universities want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing demand for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This inspiring new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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