Learn more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new gains in online education technology enable people in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online education institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford Online to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage issues like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a demand to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants would like to better perceive these promising new open educational initiatives. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this expanding demand for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This book also investigates the controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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