Find out more about the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in e-learning have provided the means for humans in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning organizations are having to consider in 2015 because online education technology is improving so fast. How can teachers be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can learners assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle problems like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Researchers want to know how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this crescive demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This new book also explores the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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