Find out more about the thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in distance learning technology enable people in nations all around the world to be participants in online courses. MOOC courses are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning institutions are considering in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions certify that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like YouTube to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding demand to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders want to better comprehend these important new open education endeavours. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be improved. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To meet this expanding desideratum for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This stimulating new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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