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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in electronic education technology have empowered people in nations all around the world to be participants in online classes. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education organizations must deal with in 2015 because online education technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of low student motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning becomes more available there is a desire to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders need to better perceive these interesting new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this crescive desideratum for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also studies the key 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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