Learn more about the illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that researches subjects regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent improvements in online learning have provided the means for humans all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are generally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning institutions are struggling with now that online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Guinea to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle issues like poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these interesting new open educational initiatives. Researchers want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this developing demand for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This exciting new book also deals with the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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