Learn more about the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews topics pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in online education technology are empowering learners all over the world to take part in online courses. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massive online courses are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of these open educational ventures. Researchers want to know how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing need for facts the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also discusses 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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