Learn more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies topics having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in electronic education technology are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to take online courses. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because online education technology is developing so fast. How can institutions make sure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can organizations be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Peninsula College to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants handle issues like low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online education becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational ventures. Universities want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing demand for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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