Learn more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in electronic educational technology are making it possible for humans all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning technology institutions are having to attend to now that online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can institutions be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Estonia to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we get a handle on low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants desire to better understand these new open education experiments. Professors want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing demand for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also considers the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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