Learn more about the thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates subjects regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in e-learning technology enable students all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that learning technology institutions are considering in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can educators make sure that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Harvard University to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle problems like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing desire for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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