Learn more about the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern developments in distance learning technology enable people in all parts of the world to participate in classes online. MOOC courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of topics that e-learning institutions must deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can educators make sure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can participants ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Haiti to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Universities want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding need for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This intriguing new book also describes the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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