Learn more about the breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest improvements in distance learning technology are providing the means for people all around the world to take online classes. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology institutions are struggling with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can learners be assured that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Micronesia to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this growing desire for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also discusses the controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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