Learn more about this impressive book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in online education have enabled people in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online education institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is passable? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing demand to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these new open educational initiatives. Public servants want to know how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this crescive desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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