Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches topics relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in e-learning have enabled people in all parts of the world to take part in courses online. These MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning technology organizations have to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can we certify that the quality control for these MOOC courses is all right? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these open education experiments. Trainers want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding desire for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also explores the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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