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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies issues related to open education resources and massively open online courses. The latest advancements in online education have provided the means for people all around the world to be participants in online classes. These online MOOCs are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a variety of topics that e-learning technology organizations are dealing with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. How can participants make sure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Estonia to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a need to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders desire to better understand these important new open educational endeavours. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing need for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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