Learn more about the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which describes issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest changes in online education have provided the means for learners in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that distance learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Puerto Rico to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like low motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders desire to better understand these promising new open education experiments. Lecturers want to perceive how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this need for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This exciting new book also articulates the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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