Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which studies issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent changes in distance learning have enabled people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that distance learning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations be assured that the quality of these MOOC courses is respectable? How can learners ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle problems like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning becomes more procurable there is a increasing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants want to gain a better understanding of these compelling new open educational endeavours. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desire for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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