Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that investigates subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in online learning technology enable people in nations all around the world to be participants in online classes. These MOOC classes are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that e-learning organizations are considering in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can educators be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Stanford Online to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage problems like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing need to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Scientists want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive demand for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics. This new book also describes 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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