Learn more about the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about issues related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in elearning technology enable people in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. These massively open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online education institutions are dealing with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers certify that the quality control for these MOOC classes is all right? How can participants ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Twitter to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Students want to grasp how these MOOCs can be made better. In response to this increasing desideratum for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This inspiring new book also talks about the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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