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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies topics related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent changes in elearning have enabled people in every nation on earth to take part in classes online. These online MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is respectable? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Japan to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage problems like poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these fascinating new open education experiments. Scientists want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this growing desire for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also describes the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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