Find out more about the interesting book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses topics relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New developments in online education have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can organizations certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Rice University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a growing desire to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants need to better understand these exciting new open education experiments. Everybody wants to comprehend how these MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this increasing demand for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education topics. This new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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