Learn more about the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies subjects related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in learning technology have enabled learners in all parts of the world to take online courses. These MOOC classes are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning institutions have to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions certify that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like UWashingtonX to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle poor motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more procurable there is a growing necessity to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding desire for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This book also considers the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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