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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in technology-enhanced learning have provided the means for humans all around the world to be participants in online classes. MOOC courses are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so quickly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by organizations like iversity to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of these fascinating new open education experiments. Universities want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this growing demand for information MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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