Learn more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in distance learning technology have empowered people all around the world to participate in courses online. These MOOCs are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that e-learning institutions have to consider in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders certify that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can participants make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like CaltechX to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle issues like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants need to gain a better understanding of these open education experiments. Everyone wants to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing demand for knowledge the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also studies the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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