Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern advancements in e-learning enable people in all parts of the world to participate in online classes. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massive open online courses are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education institutions have to deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can institutions assure that the training provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can learners ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like MOOEC to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage problems like poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more widespread there is a desire to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open education experiments. Public servants want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding demand for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education issues. This interesting new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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