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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New evolvements in elearning technology have provided the means for people all around the world to take online classes. These MOOCs are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that learning technology organizations have to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like MOOEC to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we manage problems like low student motivation and high attrition?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a increasing necessity to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders need to be more aware of these open education experiments. Lecturers want to better understand how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive demand for facts the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource topics. This book also analyzes the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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