Find out more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent evolvements in technology-enhanced learning are empowering people in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. Massively open online courses are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants ensure that the training provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Kyrgyzstan to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more available there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and many other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these open education undertakings. Academics want to perceive how MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive demand for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This definitive new book also examines the most important 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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