Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes subjects having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new evolvements in online learning have made it possible for humans all over the world to be participants in online courses. These MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning organizations are having to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions be assured that the education provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can we certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like India to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a growing demand to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders desire to better perceive these promising new open education endeavours. Everybody wants to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this growing desideratum for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This new book also studies the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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