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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent evolvements in online education have enabled humans all over the world to take classes online. Massively open online courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can organizations certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we get a handle on low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desire to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these promising new open education endeavours. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this expanding desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education topics. This sensational new book also examines the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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