Learn more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which investigates issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in online learning are making it possible for learners all around the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a variety of subjects that online learning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like NovoEd to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle problems like poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Professors want to know how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this crescive desideratum for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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