Find out more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers topics pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in e-learning technology have made it possible for students all around the world to be participants in classes online. These massive open courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are many subjects that elearning technology organizations are having to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants want to be more aware of the outcomes of these important new open educational endeavours. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this crescive desideratum for data the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education subjects. This book also researches the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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