Learn more about the fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that addresses subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest gains in online education technology enable students all around the world to take part in classes online. These massive open online courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that distance learning institutions are dealing with now that elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a growing need to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational undertakings. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this growing demand for details the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This dramatic new book also reviews the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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