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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in distance learning technology enable people in every nation on earth to take part in courses online. MOOCs are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that e-learning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators make sure that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is good? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Wesleyan University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants want to better grasp these exciting new open education experiments. Universities want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this demand for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education topics. This new book also describes the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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