Learn more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies subjects related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in blended learning technology are providing the means for humans in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that distance learning organizations must deal with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can organizations ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Harvard University to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more procurable there is a growing demand to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of these open education experiments. Professors want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this need for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This book also articulates the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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