Learn more about this authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which reviews issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in online education make it possible for people all over the world to take part in online courses. These massive open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that e-learning organizations have to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we make sure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Germany to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more available there is a developing demand to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Academics want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this developing desire for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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