Find out more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in online learning technology have empowered students all around the world to take part in online classes. These online MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations ensure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is all right? How can learners guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business models are being used by organizations like Heard Island and McDonald Islands to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these open education endeavours. Universities want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desire for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This new book also articulates the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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