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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which addresses issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new gains in e-learning are enabling learners all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that learning technology institutions have to struggle with now that online learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators certify that the education provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a necessity to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants want to better perceive these fascinating new open educational ventures. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this increasing desire for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also considers the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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