Learn more about the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in e-learning technology are enabling people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. Massively open online courses are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that e-learning technology organizations have to consider now that blended learning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the education provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can we certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a desideratum to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these interesting new open educational endeavours. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing demand for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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