Find out more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which articulates issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent advances in distance learning technology are empowering humans in nations all around the world to take online classes. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These MOOC classes are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology organizations are having to consider today because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Honduras to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants need to better perceive these intriguing new open education undertakings. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be enhanced. In response to this increasing desire for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This sensational new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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