Find out more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies subjects relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advancements in elearning have empowered students all around the world to be participants in courses online. These online MOOCs are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning institutions are struggling with in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants want to better understand these significant new open education endeavours. Universities want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing desideratum for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also investigates the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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