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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest changes in elearning are making it possible for people all over the world to be participants in online classes. These massive online courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning organizations are considering in 2015 because online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more available there is a developing demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these new open education experiments. Instructors want to better understand how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this desire for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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