Find out more about this book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches topics relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in online learning make it possible for students in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning organizations are struggling with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Peer to Peer University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to know how massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this increasing desideratum for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This new book also describes the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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