Learn more about the exceptional new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in learning technology enable humans in nations all around the world to participate in courses online. These online MOOC courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of subjects that online learning technology organizations have to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Khan Academy to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more abundant there is a necessity to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants need to understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational endeavours. Educators want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for information the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This book also addresses the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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