Find out more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New gains in e-learning have made it possible for people all around the world to take online classes. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are struggling with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants assure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like FutureLearn to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desire to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Academics want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this growing need for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education issues. This new book also articulates the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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