Learn more about the engaging new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in online learning technology have enabled learners in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions assure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle problems like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a demand to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these new open education initiatives. Everybody wants to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive desideratum for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This new book also talks about the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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