Learn more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in elearning have enabled people all around the world to take part in classes online. MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are several topics that online learning organizations are considering more than ever because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can learners assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Miriada X to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand these fascinating new open education experiments. Students want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing desire for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This exciting new book also analyzes the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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