Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern changes in electronic education technology enable humans all around the world to participate in online courses. MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online education institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like University of Kentucky to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding demand to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational undertakings. Professors want to better understand how these MOOCs can be enhanced. In response to this increasing need for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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