Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which articulates topics related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in distance learning are empowering people in all parts of the world to take part in online classes. These online MOOCs are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning institutions are struggling with more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations get a handle on low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Scholars and lots of other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these important new open educational experiments. Instructors want to grasp how MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this growing desire for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This authoritative new book also studies the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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