Learn more about the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent advancements in electronic education technology have empowered students all over the world to take courses online. These massively open online courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are several subjects that online learning technology institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can stakeholders be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding demand for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This gripping new book also studies the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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