Find out more about the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which analyzes issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in digital education technology are providing the means for students in nations all aver the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning technology institutions are having to struggle with now that distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we be assured that the training provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business models are being used by organizations like YouTube to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Corporations want to grasp how these MOOCs can be improved. To meet this desideratum for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This intriguing new book also articulates the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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