Learn more about the cutting-edge new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches topics related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest improvements in online education technology are enabling humans all around the world to participate in courses online. These MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online education institutions are considering in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions ensure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is good? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What strategies are being used by institutions like Brown University to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these exciting new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this developing desire for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This stimulating 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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