Learn more about the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses topics having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in distance learning technology have empowered learners in all parts of the world to take classes online. These massive open courses are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning technology organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can organizations make sure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like CaltechX to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle problems like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Trainers want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this developing desire for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This stimulating new book also studies the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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