Learn more about the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in e-learning technology have empowered people in all parts of the world to take online classes. MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions certify that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Harvard University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants need to understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Lecturers want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this growing need for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This sensational new book also describes the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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