Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in electronic educational technology are making it possible for humans all around the world to take part in courses online. MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants ensure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can organizations ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like United States to conduct these MOOC courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding necessity to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Instructors want to understand how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. In response to this demand for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This dramatic new book also talks about the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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