Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent evolvements in e-learning have enabled learners in nations all around the world to take online classes. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can we be assured that the education provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can participants assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Maldives to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle issues like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this desideratum for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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