Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which addresses subjects relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in distance learning enable learners in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online learning technology institutions have to consider today because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can we assure that the training provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can participants make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like French Polynesia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators manage issues like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants need to understand the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this desideratum for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also discusses the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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