Find out more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New evolvements in online education are providing the means for people all around the world to be participants in online courses. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a variety of topics that distance learning organizations have to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations ensure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by institutions like NovoEd to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle low motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing need to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants desire to better understand these open education ventures. Students want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this expanding desideratum for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This intriguing new book also examines the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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