Learn more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which addresses issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in digital education technology enable people all over the world to take online classes. These massive open courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning organizations have to struggle with now that online learning technology is developing so fast. How can we assure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Iceland to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders need to better understand these promising new open educational endeavours. Scientists want to grasp how MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this developing desire for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This amazing new book also considers the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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