Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in online education have enabled students in nations all around the world to participate in courses online. Massively open online courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that e-learning technology organizations have to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is adequate? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Benin to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these important new open education initiatives. Everybody wants to know how MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this increasing desire for data the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This inspiring new book also articulates the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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