Find out more about the thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which talks about subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest developments in distance learning technology enable people all around the world to participate in online courses. These massive open courses are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that elearning organizations have to consider more than ever because online education technology is developing so fast. How can institutions ensure that the quality control for these MOOCs is respectable? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like China, Republic of (Taiwan) to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants want to understand the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Trainers want to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive desire for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This dramatic new book also discusses the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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