Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in elearning have empowered students all around the world to be participants in classes online. These massive online courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that distance learning institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations make sure that the quality control for these MOOCs is respectable? How can students make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Navassa Island to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a desideratum to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Lecturers and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these open education endeavours. Intellectuals want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this need for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education topics. This definitive new book also articulates the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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