Learn more about this dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses subjects having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in online education technology are empowering students in every nation on earth to take part in classes online. Massively open online courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online learning organizations have to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Colorado State University-Global Campus to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions get a handle on poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a developing desire to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants need to better understand these promising new open education experiments. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this desire for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education issues. This authoritative new book also examines the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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