Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that analyzes issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in online education technology are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to be participants in online classes. These online MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning institutions have to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like American Samoa to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing demand to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these compelling new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to better understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this increasing desire for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This authoritative new book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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