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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses issues having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses. The latest evolvements in online education technology are making it possible for students all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because learning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders be assured that the training provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Marquette University to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle problems like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more procurable there is a developing demand to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Teachers want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this need for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource topics. This book also talks about the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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