Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that analyzes issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in electronic education technology have empowered students in all parts of the world to take part in courses online. MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education institutions are having to deal with now that e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Wake Island to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Instructors want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive need for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This new book also studies the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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