Find out more about the breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in online education technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to be participants in classes online. Massive open online courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning technology institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can we be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can students certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Egypt to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more available there is a expanding necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Scholars want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding need for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This sensational new book also examines the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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