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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern evolvements in technology-enhanced learning enable learners all around the world to take courses via the Internet. This MOOCs book also describes the benefits of technology integration in k-12 and higher education. MOOC courses are typically free for students 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 subjects that online learning technology organizations are dealing with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Yemen to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can teachers deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants need to gain more knowledge about these promising new open educational experiments. Students want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing demand for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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