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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that talks about issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in e-learning technology are making it possible for learners all around the world to take part in online classes. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massive open online courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we be assured that the education provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with poor motivation and high attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants would like to be more aware of these important new open education experiments. Universities want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this growing desire for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This thrilling new book also researches the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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