Learn more about the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in learning technology are providing the means for students all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning organizations must deal with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so fast. How can participants assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like MOOEC to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle problems like inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more procurable there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these intriguing new open education ventures. Everybody wants to perceive how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing desire for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This book also examines the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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