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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in elearning are providing the means for people all over the world to participate in courses online. Massively open online courses are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online education organizations are struggling with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we assure that the education provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can participants ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like LinkedIn to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle low motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders want to understand these fascinating new open educational experiments. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this crescive desire for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also investigates the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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