Learn more about this thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in e-learning are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to take part in courses online. These massive open courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning institutions are having to consider in 2015 because learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders certify that the education provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more procurable there is a growing desire to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these fascinating new open education experiments. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this demand for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education issues. This exciting new book also analyzes 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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