Learn more about this interesting book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in electronic education technology are providing the means for people all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning technology institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because learning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is good? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding desire to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these new open educational endeavours. Scholars want to know how MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this growing desideratum for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This scholarly new book also considers the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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