Find out more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which deals with topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in online learning have enabled people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that e-learning technology organizations must deal with today because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Paraguay to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing need to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders need to better comprehend the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Scholars want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing need for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This sensational new book also considers the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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