Learn more about the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New evolvements in online education technology enable learners in every nation on earth to be participants in online classes. These online MOOC courses are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are many issues that online education organizations are having to struggle with today because distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators assure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a growing desire to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these exciting new open education endeavours. Researchers want to understand how these MOOCs can be improved. In response to this expanding desire for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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