Find out more about the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest changes in electronic educational technology enable learners in nations all around the world to be participants in courses online. These massive open courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning technology institutions must deal with in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we make sure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Iran to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education becomes more widespread there is a expanding desire to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Everyone wants to better understand how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. In response to this desire for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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