Find out more about the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest improvements in learning technology have enabled people in nations all aver the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning technology institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations ensure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Bowling Green State University to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle problems like poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As online education technology becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders want to understand these interesting new open education experiments. Students want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing demand for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also discusses the most important 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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