Find out more about the fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines topics having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in online education technology are providing the means for people all around the world to take online classes. MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online education organizations are having to consider in 2015 because online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants want to better grasp these intriguing new open education experiments. Instructors want to know how MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this expanding demand for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This sensational new book also articulates the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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