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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which deals with subjects relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in electronic educational technology are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. These MOOC classes are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because online education technology is improving so fast. How can educators assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Ireland to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with low motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a desire to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Instructors want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this desire for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This new book also investigates the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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