Find out more about this educative new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in elearning technology have empowered people in all parts of the world to take online classes. MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that learning technology institutions have to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we make sure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants need to better understand these promising new open education experiments. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this growing demand for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also deals with the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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