Find out more about the thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates topics having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in online education technology enable people all over the world to take online courses. Massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online learning organizations must deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like openHPI to conduct these MOOCs? How can educators deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a expanding need to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants need to be more aware of these new open educational ventures. Professors want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing demand for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also describes the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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