Find out more about this impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in online learning technology enable people all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can organizations ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Nigeria to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational initiatives. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing demand for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This dramatic new book also talks about the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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