Learn more about this cutting-edge new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers subjects regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses. Brand new gains in elearning technology are providing the means for learners in nations all around the world to take classes online. These massively open online courses are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning institutions are having to consider in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so quickly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants get a handle on poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more available there is a growing necessity to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants would like to be more aware of these fascinating new open education experiments. Corporations want to better understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this growing desideratum for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational issues. This new book also talks about the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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