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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that deals with issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in learning technology have enabled people all over the world to take online classes. These massive open courses are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are many subjects that elearning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by organizations like China, Republic of (Taiwan) to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants would like to understand these exciting new open educational endeavours. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing desire for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This sensational new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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