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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New gains in electronic education technology have provided the means for people all over the world to take part in courses online. These MOOC classes are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning technology institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers assure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can learners be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Google+ to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing desire for data the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also researches the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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