Find out more about the thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches topics related to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent developments in elearning technology are enabling learners all around the world to take part in online courses. MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning technology institutions are struggling with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions assure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Bangladesh to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a demand to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to know how massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this desideratum for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This authoritative new book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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