Find out more about the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses subjects relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in online learning technology are enabling learners all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that distance learning institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants assure that the training provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these exciting new open education initiatives. Everybody wants to grasp how these massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this need for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This interesting new book also considers the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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