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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in online education are empowering students all over the world to be participants in classes online. MOOC courses are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to consider in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can we guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can participants certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford Online to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage issues like inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more available there is a growing desire to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants want to better grasp these fascinating new open education ventures. Professors want to know how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this desire for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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