Find out more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern evolvements in elearning are empowering humans in all parts of the world to take classes online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These online MOOCs are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that blended learning organizations have to deal with now that online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is good? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Rwaq to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a desire to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders desire to better understand these interesting new open education initiatives. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this growing demand for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational issues. This book also considers the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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