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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in online learning technology enable students in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that learning technology institutions are considering in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can learners assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Guyana to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Trainers want to grasp how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this growing desire for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This new book also addresses the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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