Learn more about the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses subjects relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in distance learning technology have made it possible for people in all parts of the world to take online classes. These online MOOCs are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning institutions are having to deal with now that online education technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations certify that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Everybody wants to grasp how these MOOCs can be made better. In response to this developing desideratum for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This new book also addresses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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