Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent developments in elearning technology are enabling learners all around the world to participate in online classes. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. Massively open online courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that learning technology organizations must deal with more than ever because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like France to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage low motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants would like to better understand these new open educational endeavours. Educators want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive demand for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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