Learn more about this cutting-edge new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers subjects regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in electronic educational technology make it possible for humans all over the world to participate in classes online. MOOCs are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online education organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations guarantee that the education provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can students ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants need to better comprehend the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Public servants want to grasp how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational issues. This new book also considers the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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