Learn more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies subjects related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in online learning are enabling students in nations all around the world to take online classes. These massive online courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are a variety of issues that elearning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can organizations be assured that the quality control for these MOOC classes is decent? How can students make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, San Francisco to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these exciting new open education initiatives. People want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive demand for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational subjects. This interesting new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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