Find out more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in online education have enabled people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning organizations have to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can educators be assured that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like Korea, North to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Universities want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource topics. This gripping new book also deals with the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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