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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in elearning enable people all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers be assured that the quality control for these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can students ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning becomes more procurable there is a expanding need to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants would like to gain a better understanding of these new open education endeavours. Everyone wants to perceive how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this growing demand for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also considers the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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