Find out more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with subjects related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in learning technology have made it possible for humans all over the world to take online courses. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online education institutions have to deal with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions assure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can participants assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing need to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Academics want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing desire for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This gripping new book also articulates the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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