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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in electronic educational technology are making it possible for learners in all parts of the world to participate in online classes. MOOC courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by institutions like Saint Barthelemy to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a expanding necessity to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders want to better understand these important new open educational experiments. Trainers want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive desideratum for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education issues. This interesting new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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