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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that researches topics regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in distance learning technology have enabled people in every nation on earth to take online courses. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These online MOOCs are commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning institutions have to consider now that blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions be assured that the training provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Guam to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of low student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding necessity to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Educators and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand these promising new open education experiments. Educators want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this expanding need for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also discusses the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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