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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that addresses issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest evolvements in digital education technology are enabling people all over the world to participate in classes online. These massive open online courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like UC Irvine to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage problems like poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more available there is a increasing desire to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Educators and numerous other participants would like to gain a better understanding of these interesting new open education ventures. Educators want to better understand how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this developing need for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also talks about the major 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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