Find out more about the fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent evolvements in learning technology make it possible for people all over the world to take courses online. These online MOOC courses are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are numerous issues that elearning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions make sure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Guatemala to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a need to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders desire to better grasp these promising new open educational endeavours. Instructors want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing demand for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This amazing new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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