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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which studies topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new evolvements in e-learning are making it possible for people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. Massive open online courses are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that learning technology organizations have to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can stakeholders guarantee that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Duke University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Everyone wants to understand how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding desideratum for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource topics. This thrilling new book also discusses the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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