Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that investigates issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest improvements in online learning are providing the means for students all around the world to participate in online courses. Massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning institutions are dealing with today because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is decent? How can students ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like YouTube to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders would like to better understand these exciting new open educational ventures. Everyone wants to know how these MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this growing desire for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This dramatic new book also researches the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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