Learn more about the fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes topics pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in e-learning are making it possible for learners in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that e-learning technology organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can educators certify that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can organizations ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like University of Virginia to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants manage problems like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Researchers want to know how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this increasing desire for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also investigates the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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