Learn more about the appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest evolvements in digital education technology are enabling humans in every nation on earth to take part in classes online. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to consider in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can we assure that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Twitter to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more available there is a need to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these new open education experiments. People want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this demand for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource topics. This 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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