Learn more about this exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern evolvements in digital education technology have made it possible for learners all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that elearning organizations have to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants ensure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like South Ossetia to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more abundant there is a necessity to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Academics want to know how these massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this desire for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This book also addresses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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