Learn more about the cutting-edge new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in learning technology have empowered humans all over the world to be participants in online courses. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. Massively open online courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology organizations are considering in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can we ensure that the education provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can organizations certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Montserrat to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage problems like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a growing need to comprehend how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Scientists want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this developing need for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This exciting new book also considers the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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