Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new gains in e-learning have enabled people in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning organizations must deal with in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so fast. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can educators assure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can institutions assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Guam to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education becomes more available there is a increasing desire to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Teachers want to comprehend how MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this developing demand for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This book also articulates the major 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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