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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that addresses topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New gains in learning technology have made it possible for people all around the world to participate in courses online. MOOC classes are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning organizations are considering now that online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators make sure that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can institutions certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, Irvine to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle issues like poor motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing need to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants want to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive need for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This stimulating new book also researches the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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