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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in distance learning technology are empowering students in every nation on earth to take online classes. MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education institutions are considering today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions certify that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Germany to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more available there is a expanding demand to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this increasing desire for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This inspiring new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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