Learn more about the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses subjects related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New evolvements in learning technology are enabling students in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that distance learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Germany to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these interesting new open educational undertakings. Academics want to know how MOOCs can be made better. To meet this need for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This amazing new book also addresses the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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