Learn more about the engaging new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in e-learning are empowering learners all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that blended learning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants ensure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like American College of Education to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing necessity to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Students want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this growing desire for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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