Learn more about this dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest improvements in online learning technology are providing the means for people all around the world to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can educators be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can organizations assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by institutions like University of New Mexico to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage problems like low motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding desire to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Lecturers and many other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these intriguing new open education endeavours. Corporations want to grasp how MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this expanding demand for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This interesting new book also examines the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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