Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in online learning have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to be participants in classes online. These online MOOC courses are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning technology organizations are considering in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can students ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Open2Study to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding demand to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these open education initiatives. Instructors want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive need for knowledge the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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