Find out more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which analyzes issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New advances in elearning make it possible for students all over the world to be participants in classes online. MOOCs are generally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that elearning institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can we be assured that the training provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can students ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a expanding demand to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these open education experiments. Students want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing need for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This new book also considers the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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