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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches topics having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in elearning technology enable students all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning institutions are considering in 2015 because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers make sure that the education provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can institutions make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Switzerland to conduct these MOOC classes? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more available there is a growing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education endeavours. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this growing desire for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This dramatic new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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