Learn more about this fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates topics regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in elearning have enabled people in every nation on earth to take part in online courses. MOOC classes are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning organizations must deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations certify that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Twitter to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing necessity to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Scientists and lots of other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these new open education initiatives. Trainers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be enhanced. In response to this need for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This scholarly new book also describes the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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