Find out more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which researches topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest developments in online education have empowered people in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning technology institutions have to struggle with more than ever because blended learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can participants make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online education technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants desire to better understand these important new open educational experiments. People want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desire for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education topics. This amazing new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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