Find out more about the interesting book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes subjects having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in online learning technology enable humans all around the world to participate in classes online. MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning institutions are struggling with in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations make sure that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can learners ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business models are being used by organizations like One Month to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As online education becomes more abundant there is a need to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desire for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This new book also researches the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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