Learn more about the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that researches topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in electronic education technology have provided the means for learners in nations all around the world to participate in online courses. MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that learning technology institutions are struggling with in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders ensure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is all right? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business models are being used by organizations like University of Virginia to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders desire to understand these exciting new open education ventures. Students want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive desideratum for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This sensational new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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