Find out more about this exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers subjects having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New developments in electronic educational technology are empowering humans in every nation on earth to be participants in classes online. These MOOCs are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers make sure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can learners ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Scientists want to better understand how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this developing need for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This dramatic new book also investigates the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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