Find out more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New advances in elearning have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning technology organizations are having to consider in 2015 because online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions be assured that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can learners certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Antigua and Barbuda to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Professors want to understand how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this growing desire for knowledge the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also examines the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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