Learn more about the engaging new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines topics relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in e-learning are empowering people in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers assure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Marquette University to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Everybody wants to know how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this expanding demand for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This sensational new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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