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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advancements in e-learning are empowering learners in every nation on earth to take online courses. MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online education institutions are struggling with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we assure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can organizations certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Australia to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more available there is a expanding demand to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants would like to gain a better understanding of these significant new open education experiments. Professors want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this desideratum for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also reviews the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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