Find out more about the compelling new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that addresses issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in learning technology have made it possible for students in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that learning technology institutions are having to consider more than ever because learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations ensure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and many other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Professors want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this growing demand for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education issues. This interesting new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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