Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses topics related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest evolvements in distance learning technology are making it possible for people all around the world to take classes online. These massively open online courses are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning organizations are struggling with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions ensure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can participants ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Albania to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a desire to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Scholars and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open education endeavours. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this developing desideratum for data the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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