Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern evolvements in e-learning are empowering students in every nation on earth to take courses online. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education organizations have to consider in 2015 because learning technology is improving so quickly. How can we be assured that the quality control for these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants would like to better perceive these interesting new open educational endeavours. Corporations want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing desire for knowledge the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This stimulating new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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