Find out more about the fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New evolvements in elearning enable humans all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOC courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online education organizations are having to deal with today because learning technology is developing so fast. How can educators guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Uruguay to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants get a handle on low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants would like to understand these new open educational endeavours. Researchers want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this crescive demand for information the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education topics. This inspiring new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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