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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores topics relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in online education are providing the means for humans all around the world to participate in online courses. These massive online courses are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning technology institutions are considering in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can organizations certify that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can students ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like LinkedIn to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle low student motivation and high attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders need to better grasp these intriguing new open education experiments. Researchers want to understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this crescive need for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource topics. This book also explores the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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