Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that investigates issues having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in elearning are providing the means for learners in all parts of the world to be participants in online classes. MOOCs are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning institutions have to consider now that online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators be assured that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle problems like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more widespread there is a growing need to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these open education experiments. Students want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing need for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also examines the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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