Find out more about the thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in learning technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to take online courses. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These MOOCs are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can students make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, San Francisco to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can we handle problems like low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more abundant there is a need to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these promising new open education initiatives. Scholars want to understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this increasing desideratum for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This authoritative new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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