Learn more about this illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern evolvements in online learning technology have empowered people all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book also documents active learning solutions that can help motivate students to engage in more productive learning experiences. There are numerous subjects that online education organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the quality control for these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can learners be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like United Kingdom to conduct these MOOC courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage issues like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This dramatic new book also talks about the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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