Learn more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New advances in digital education technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. These massive online courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations certify that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Brown University to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers get a handle on poor motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desire to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open education undertakings. Public servants want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This inspiring new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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