Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses subjects regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern advances in elearning technology have provided the means for students all over the world to take part in classes online. These massive open courses are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning organizations have to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can organizations certify that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Slovakia to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more abundant there is a necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants desire to gain a better understanding of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Researchers want to perceive how MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this growing demand for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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