Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in online education are providing the means for people all around the world to take online classes. These massive open online courses are generally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online education institutions must deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the training provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage problems like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more abundant there is a need to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this increasing desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also discusses the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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