Learn more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in electronic education technology have enabled people all over the world to take classes online. MOOC courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to consider in 2015 because online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Faroe Islands to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage issues like poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other participants desire to better comprehend these promising new open education experiments. Lecturers want to better understand how MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this increasing demand for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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