Find out more about the appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers issues having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses. The latest gains in distance learning technology have enabled people all over the world to take courses online. MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that distance learning organizations have to deal with today because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers ensure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business strategies are being used by organizations like United States to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders want to better comprehend these promising new open educational ventures. People want to better understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive need for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational topics. This new book also talks about the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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