Learn more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in e-learning technology enable humans in every nation on earth to take classes online. These massive open courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning technology institutions must deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can participants assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders need to understand these interesting new open educational experiments. Teachers want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding desideratum for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education topics. This intriguing new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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