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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses. New advances in electronic educational technology are enabling humans in nations all around the world to participate in classes online. These MOOC classes are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a lot of subjects that elearning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because learning technology is developing so quickly. How can participants ensure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Rice University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desideratum to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders desire to better understand these promising new open education experiments. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this increasing desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This intriguing new book also addresses the controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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