Learn more about the illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that deals with topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in online learning have empowered students in nations all around the world to be participants in classes online. These MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can participants make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can we get a handle on low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding necessity to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this developing demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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