Find out more about the thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern evolvements in e-learning are empowering students in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These online MOOC courses are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of issues that distance learning institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? How can teachers handle low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders would like to better grasp these interesting new open education experiments. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This dramatic new book also studies the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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