Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews topics regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses. New evolvements in online education technology make it possible for students in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online education organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Iceland to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations manage issues like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Professors want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this crescive need for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This thrilling new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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