Learn more about this engaging new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in online learning enable students in all parts of the world to take online courses. These massive open online courses are typically free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology institutions are struggling with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can participants ensure that the quality of these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding demand to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders need to better grasp these important new open educational experiments. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for knowledge the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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