Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern improvements in distance learning technology make it possible for learners all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education institutions are dealing with in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like OpenLearning to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing need to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these compelling new open education initiatives. People want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this crescive demand for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This authoritative new book also analyzes the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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