Find out more about this engaging new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that talks about subjects relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in distance learning are enabling humans all around the world to take online courses. This MOOCs book also describes the benefits of technology integration in k-12 and higher education. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that learning technology organizations are struggling with in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can organizations assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business models are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders want to understand these important new open education endeavours. Students want to know how these MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive desideratum for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education issues. This interesting new book also explores the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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