Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in electronic education technology have provided the means for learners in every nation on earth to take part in online classes. These MOOC courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online education institutions have to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can we be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can organizations make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants would like to better comprehend these promising new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this developing demand for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also considers the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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