Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New changes in online learning have empowered students in every nation on earth to be participants in online classes. These online MOOCs are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning technology institutions have to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants certify that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can organizations certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle issues like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to better understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this crescive need for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This dramatic new book also investigates the controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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