Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches subjects related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new evolvements in electronic education technology enable humans in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. Massive open online courses are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning institutions are having to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders ensure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What strategies are being used by organizations like Burkina Faso to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these new open education initiatives. Trainers want to understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this developing desire for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This interesting new book also considers the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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