Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which articulates subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in online education technology are providing the means for learners all over the world to take online courses. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massive open courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online education organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Tuvalu to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage problems like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a desideratum to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these exciting new open educational ventures. Teachers want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this desire for information the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also deals with the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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