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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in distance learning enable humans in every nation on earth to take classes online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that learning technology organizations are dealing with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Harvard University to conduct these MOOC courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants want to better grasp these intriguing new open education initiatives. Educators want to perceive how these MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this desire for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This sensational new book also reviews the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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