Find out more about the thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews subjects regarding open education resources and massive open online courses. The latest changes in online education technology have empowered learners in nations all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning organizations are having to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is decent? How can institutions make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like CaltechX to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a need to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Professors want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this crescive demand for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also discusses the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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