Learn more about this exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that analyzes topics related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest improvements in online learning have empowered people in nations all aver the world to take courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are generally free for students 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 a lot of issues that elearning technology organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can we guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by organizations like MOOEC to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Everybody wants to grasp how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this growing need for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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