Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which explores topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New developments in online education technology are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online education organizations have to deal with in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants certify that the training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Miriada X to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle problems like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Public servants want to understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this growing need for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education issues. This thrilling new book also reviews the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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