Find out more about the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies subjects regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New gains in distance learning are providing the means for learners in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online education organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because online education technology is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions make sure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like South Africa to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle problems like low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders want to be more aware of these open educational experiments. Scholars want to understand how massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this crescive demand for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This book also addresses the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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