Learn more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New developments in electronic educational technology are empowering students in every nation on earth to participate in classes online. MOOC classes are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online education organizations are struggling with in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing necessity to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Scientists want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing demand for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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