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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest advancements in online education have made it possible for people in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that distance learning institutions are having to attend to today because blended learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators certify that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Laos to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these new open educational initiatives. Academics want to understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing desire for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This gripping new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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