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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in e-learning technology have provided the means for learners all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are several topics that e-learning institutions are considering in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants guarantee that the quality of these massive open online courses is passable? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we manage low learner motivation and high attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Teachers want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing desideratum for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This new book also examines the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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