Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in e-learning have enabled people in nations all aver the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning technology institutions are having to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the education provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Open2Study to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations manage issues like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more available there is a growing necessity to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these fascinating new open education experiments. Public servants want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding demand for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This interesting new book also researches the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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