Learn more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New developments in elearning have empowered learners in all parts of the world to take online classes. These MOOC classes are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that blended learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can participants get a handle on low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more available there is a desire to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these significant new open educational experiments. Scientists want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desire for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education topics. This book also explores the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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