Find out more about the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses subjects having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest changes in electronic education technology enable learners in nations all aver the world to take classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology organizations have to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Faroe Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with poor motivation and high attrition?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants need to gain more knowledge about these compelling new open education experiments. Educators want to better understand how MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this crescive need for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource topics. This exciting new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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