Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent changes in online learning are enabling learners all over the world to be participants in online classes. Massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers ensure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Virginia to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a growing desideratum to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these significant new open education undertakings. Educators want to perceive how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing desideratum for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education issues. This new book also explores the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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