Find out more about this book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which studies subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in online education are providing the means for students all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning technology institutions are considering in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers guarantee that the quality control for these MOOCs is good? How can learners certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Brown University to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage problems like poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As elearning becomes more abundant there is a desideratum to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Instructors want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this need for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also examines the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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