Learn more about the enlightening new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in electronic educational technology are empowering humans all around the world to take courses online. Massively open online courses are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning technology institutions are dealing with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can we be assured that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more procurable there is a developing need to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Universities want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive demand for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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