Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in distance learning are providing the means for humans in nations all around the world to participate in online courses. These massive open online courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online learning institutions are having to struggle with today because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can institutions ensure that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by organizations like New Zealand to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding necessity to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders want to better understand these intriguing new open education experiments. People want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding desire for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education subjects. This dramatic new book also talks about the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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