Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in elearning enable learners in nations all aver the world to be participants in classes online. MOOC classes are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can educators assure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Puerto Rico to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants get a handle on low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this crescive desire for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also researches the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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