Learn more about this illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in elearning technology enable humans all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that elearning organizations are having to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders certify that the education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by institutions like iversity to conduct these massive open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle problems like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders want to be more aware of these intriguing new open educational initiatives. Teachers want to grasp how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this increasing demand for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This new book also considers the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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