Learn more about this thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews subjects related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in e-learning technology have enabled students all over the world to participate in classes online. These MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that e-learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can educators make sure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can institutions make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford Online to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage issues like inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open educational ventures. People want to know how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this crescive desire for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This book also researches the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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