Find out more about this dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in e-learning have made it possible for people in nations all around the world to take part in online classes. These online MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that elearning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Ecotech Institute to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we manage problems like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these open education experiments. Lecturers want to better understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this growing desire for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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