Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about subjects having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new developments in e-learning have enabled humans in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. These MOOC classes are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that elearning technology institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a demand to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants desire to better comprehend these open education experiments. Academics want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be enhanced. In response to this crescive desideratum for information the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This stimulating new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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