Learn more about this impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in electronic education technology make it possible for people in nations all aver the world to take courses online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few topics that distance learning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the education provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can learners certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like South Africa to conduct these massive open online courses? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Everyone wants to grasp how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. In response to this increasing demand for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational issues. This new book also considers the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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