Find out more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new evolvements in online learning are empowering learners all around the world to participate in online courses. These massive online courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are several issues that e-learning technology institutions are struggling with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can participants make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Zambia to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more available there is a growing need to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open educational initiatives. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing desideratum for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This new book also researches the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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