Learn more about this educative new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which talks about topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New advances in online education technology have made it possible for humans in nations all around the world to be participants in online courses. These MOOC classes are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning technology institutions are dealing with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a desire to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open educational ventures. Lecturers want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing demand for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This book also examines the controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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