Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which investigates subjects relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in online education have enabled people in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses online. These massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning organizations are having to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions make sure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like The University of Chicago to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle problems like poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing necessity to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these important new open education undertakings. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing desire for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This sensational new book also addresses the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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