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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new evolvements in online learning technology have provided the means for people all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that elearning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can we assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Chile to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a demand to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Educators want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding demand for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also investigates the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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