Find out more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent advances in online education have enabled people all over the world to take courses online. These massive open courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning technology institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants ensure that the quality control for these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can organizations make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like Palmyra Atoll to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a growing need to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Universities want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this increasing need for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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