Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in electronic educational technology are empowering people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations ensure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can institutions certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Australian Antarctic Territory to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders want to understand these new open education ventures. Everyone wants to understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding demand for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This dramatic new book also discusses the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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