Find out more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which describes issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in e-learning are empowering humans in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can organizations guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like One Month to conduct these massive open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers get a handle on low motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more available there is a demand to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of these open education experiments. Trainers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this developing need for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource subjects. This stimulating new book also considers the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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