Learn more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which studies topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in distance learning technology have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a lot of issues that e-learning institutions must deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders desire to understand these new open education experiments. Corporations want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this crescive desire for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also researches the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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