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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which talks about subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New advances in distance learning are making it possible for people all over the world to take online courses. MOOCs are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online education organizations are having to attend to today because online education technology is developing so fast. How can we certify that the quality control for these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can participants certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these important new open educational ventures. Scientists want to understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this expanding desire for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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