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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern evolvements in technology-enhanced learning have enabled learners in all parts of the world to take courses online. These online MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Senegal to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage problems like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more available there is a increasing need to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these important new open education initiatives. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Instructors want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive desire for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This thrilling new book also deals with the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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