Learn more about the fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers topics related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in elearning have enabled humans in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning organizations have to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can stakeholders make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more procurable there is a growing demand to comprehend how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open education undertakings. Professors want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this desideratum for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This gripping new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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