Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers subjects regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in online education are enabling students all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning institutions are struggling with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we ensure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Vanuatu to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle problems like inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more available there is a expanding need to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to better understand how MOOCs can be made better. In response to this developing need for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This dramatic new book also considers the 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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