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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that investigates issues having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in technology-enhanced learning are providing the means for learners all over the world to participate in online courses. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These online MOOCs are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online education institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. People want to perceive how MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive demand for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This stimulating new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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