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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that addresses topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New advancements in distance learning technology are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to be participants in classes online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massively open online courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that e-learning technology organizations are having to attend to now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can organizations ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is good? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a demand to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open educational endeavours. Everyone wants to grasp how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this developing desideratum for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This inspiring new book also examines the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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