Find out more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in electronic educational technology are empowering humans in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can organizations ensure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can learners assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Bahrain to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Scholars want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this desire for details the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This new book also studies the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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