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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers subjects related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in e-learning are empowering learners in all parts of the world to participate in classes online. These massive open courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that e-learning organizations have to consider today because learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of these MOOC classes is respectable? How can students make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these MOOC classes? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of low motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desideratum to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Everybody wants to understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this growing desideratum for data the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education topics. This new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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