Learn more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers subjects relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in e-learning are enabling people in nations all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online education institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations be assured that the education provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Germany to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants get a handle on poor student motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants need to understand the outcomes of these promising new open education undertakings. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be improved. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To satisfy this crescive demand for information the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education issues. This dramatic new book also examines the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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