Find out more about the interesting book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in digital education technology enable learners in all parts of the world to participate in online classes. Massively open online courses are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that e-learning institutions have to consider today because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Northern Mariana Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage problems like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more abundant there is a developing need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this demand for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also articulates the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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