Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses topics pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent advances in online learning have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to take classes online. These MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we ensure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of low motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders need to better perceive these interesting new open education ventures. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this desire for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This definitive new book also describes the controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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