Find out more about the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes subjects having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in electronic education technology have empowered humans all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online education organizations are dealing with in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so swiftly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can educators ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding desire to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants want to better understand these promising new open education endeavours. Instructors want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing demand for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This book also talks about the major controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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