Learn more about the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest advancements in online learning have enabled people in every nation on earth to take online courses. MOOCs are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations guarantee that the training provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these open education endeavours. Everybody wants to comprehend how these MOOCs can be improved. To meet this growing need for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This new book also describes the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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