Find out more about the fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest improvements in online education are providing the means for students all over the world to participate in online courses. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that distance learning institutions are having to consider more than ever because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is decent? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like France to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with poor motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open educational initiatives. Researchers want to better understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this increasing desideratum for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education subjects. This amazing new book also considers the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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