Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New developments in electronic education technology have enabled learners in nations all around the world to take online classes. These MOOC courses are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can learners ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Somalia to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing need to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational ventures. Everybody wants to know how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this developing need for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This intriguing new book also examines the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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