Find out more about this engaging new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern changes in learning technology have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to take online courses. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. MOOC courses are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that distance learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions ensure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like The New School to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these new open education initiatives. Teachers want to perceive how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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