Learn more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers subjects related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new evolvements in technology-enhanced learning are enabling people all over the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that e-learning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because learning technology is improving so fast. How can we be assured that the training provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can institutions make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants want to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open education initiatives. Teachers want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this need for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This stimulating new book also studies the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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