Learn more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which researches issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in online learning have empowered people in nations all aver the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning institutions are dealing with today because learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Russia to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations get a handle on inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Academics and many other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these new open educational ventures. Instructors want to better understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this expanding desideratum for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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