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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which articulates topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern changes in e-learning technology are providing the means for people all around the world to take online classes. Massive open online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Harvard University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more available there is a demand to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these open education experiments. Professors want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. In response to this expanding desire for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This thrilling new book also considers the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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