Find out more about this educative new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in distance learning are enabling humans in nations all aver the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many topics that online education institutions are dealing with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Slovakia to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle problems like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open education initiatives. Public servants want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive demand for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource subjects. This book also articulates the controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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