Learn more about the informative new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in online education technology make it possible for learners in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. MOOCs are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of topics that online education institutions are considering in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions assure that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can learners be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Vanderbilt University to conduct these massive open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders want to better grasp these new open educational ventures. People want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this growing desire for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also investigates the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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