Learn more about the fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that deals with issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest advances in distance learning technology have enabled people in nations all around the world to be participants in classes online. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that e-learning organizations are having to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Northwestern University to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and many other participants need to understand the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Educators want to better understand how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this growing demand for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also describes the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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