Find out more about the illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with subjects regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in digital education technology are enabling people in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online education organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of these MOOC classes is passable? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Peer to Peer University to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators handle low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a desire to be aware of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants desire to gain a better understanding of these intriguing new open educational initiatives. Everybody wants to know how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this crescive desideratum for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This book also articulates the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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