Learn more about the illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes subjects regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in digital education technology are empowering learners in all parts of the world to take courses online. Massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that elearning institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants be assured that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a growing desire to comprehend how MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Academics want to grasp how MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this desideratum for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also researches the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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