Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New evolvements in distance learning technology enable learners all around the world to participate in online classes. MOOC courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are numerous topics that online learning organizations have to deal with now that blended learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions assure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Equatorial Guinea to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of low motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants need to better comprehend the outcomes of these exciting new open educational ventures. Students want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this crescive desire for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education subjects. This interesting new book also considers the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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