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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in learning technology are empowering learners in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. Massive open online courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning technology institutions have to struggle with more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators ensure that the training provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a desire to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to perceive how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing demand for information the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education issues. This authoritative new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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