Learn more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses subjects regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in e-learning are empowering learners all around the world to be participants in online courses. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning technology organizations are struggling with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers make sure that the education provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can organizations ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like United States to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle problems like poor motivation and high attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these interesting new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this growing desire for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This book also considers the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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