Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern developments in electronic education technology are providing the means for students in every nation on earth to take classes online. MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that blended learning organizations are struggling with now that elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we assure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Vatican City to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive desire for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education issues. This interesting new book also deals with the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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