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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent advances in elearning are providing the means for people all around the world to participate in courses online. These MOOCs are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning technology institutions are considering in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can we be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? This open education book offers guidelines for others hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning experience. How can students make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Navassa Island to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage problems like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more abundant there is a need to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these new open education experiments. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education subjects. This new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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