Learn more about the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which talks about issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest gains in online education technology have empowered humans all over the world to be participants in online classes. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that learning technology institutions are having to attend to now that e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these open education endeavours. Students want to perceive how MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing demand for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This book also examines the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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