Learn more about the informative new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates subjects relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses. Brand new developments in e-learning technology have provided the means for people all over the world to participate in online classes. MOOC classes are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that e-learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can organizations certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Somaliland to conduct these MOOC classes? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of poor motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding desire to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants want to understand these interesting new open education experiments. Universities want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this expanding demand for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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