Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which studies topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in e-learning technology are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology institutions have to deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more available there is a desire to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these promising new open education initiatives. People want to perceive how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive desire for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This book also talks about the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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