Find out more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in online education technology are making it possible for people in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are generally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that learning technology organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like MOOEC to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this expanding need for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This sensational new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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