Learn more about this impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern developments in online education enable people in nations all aver the world to take part in courses online. These massive open courses are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that e-learning institutions are considering in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like FutureLearn to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators manage issues like poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and many other participants need to gain more knowledge about these promising new open education initiatives. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this need for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational issues. This dramatic new book also reviews the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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