Find out more about the fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in electronic education technology have enabled humans all over the world to take part in online classes. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massively open online courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a lot of subjects that distance learning institutions have to consider today because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders ensure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can institutions make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Guatemala to conduct these massive open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing need to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other participants need to gain more knowledge about these compelling new open education experiments. Public servants want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this growing desire for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This exciting new book also describes the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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