Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches subjects having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New gains in e-learning are providing the means for humans all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning technology institutions have to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can learners assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Harvard University to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of low motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Universities want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive need for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education subjects. This exciting new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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