Find out more about this fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses subjects relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new evolvements in distance learning have enabled humans in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. These online MOOCs are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning technology organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like LinkedIn to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants desire to better understand these important new open educational undertakings. Students want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this desire for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This new book also considers the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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