Learn more about this informative new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in distance learning technology have enabled students in nations all around the world to take online classes. MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online education institutions are having to attend to now that learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the education provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding need to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders would like to better grasp these interesting new open educational experiments. Scientists want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this developing need for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This book also discusses the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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