Find out more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which addresses issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in online education enable people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massively open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online education organizations are having to consider today because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is good? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desideratum to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants want to be more aware of these open education undertakings. Trainers want to know how MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this demand for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational issues. This new book also addresses the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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