Learn more about this illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern gains in distance learning have enabled students all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning technology organizations have to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can we make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding demand to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants want to understand the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Scholars want to understand how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this increasing need for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This inspiring new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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