Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern improvements in electronic education technology have empowered learners all over the world to be participants in classes online. MOOCs are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can stakeholders certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Reddit to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators handle low student motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a growing need to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational endeavours. Scientists want to understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this increasing need for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational topics. This interesting new book also studies the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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