Learn more about the enlightening new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in online education technology have enabled students all over the world to take online classes. These massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education organizations have to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can we make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like OpenLearning to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage problems like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more widespread there is a demand to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Universities want to understand how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this growing desire for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This book also examines the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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