Learn more about this book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advancements in digital education technology are enabling students all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality control for these MOOCs is all right? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Ireland to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle issues like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a desire to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these important new open educational experiments. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this crescive need for facts the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This new book also reviews the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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