Learn more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in online education technology have made it possible for learners all over the world to participate in classes online. These MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning technology institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants certify that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can learners make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Gibraltar to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle issues like poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding demand to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and many other participants desire to be more aware of these important new open education initiatives. Researchers want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this increasing desire for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This book also researches the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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