Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers subjects relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in digital education technology enable people all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers assure that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can we make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we manage issues like poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning becomes more available there is a increasing necessity to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these promising new open education experiments. Trainers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this increasing demand for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education issues. This new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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