Learn more about the illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that investigates subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent advances in online learning technology are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online education organizations have to consider today because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations certify that the education provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can organizations assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a growing necessity to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Corporations want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this desideratum for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational topics. This stimulating new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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