Find out more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses subjects relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in elearning have empowered learners in nations all around the world to participate in online courses. Massively open online courses are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that e-learning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the education provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Tokelau to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of poor motivation and high attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Trainers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this crescive need for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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