Learn more about this fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in online learning have empowered humans all around the world to take classes online. These massive online courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning technology organizations are dealing with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can participants be assured that the quality control for these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a demand to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education initiatives. Teachers want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this growing need for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This new book also studies the 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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