Find out more about the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in online learning technology enable people all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning organizations must deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions assure that the quality of these MOOC courses is good? How can organizations ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Rice University to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open education endeavours. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this developing desire for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational topics. This interesting new book also investigates the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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