Learn more about the informative new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in electronic educational technology have enabled students all over the world to be participants in classes online. MOOC classes are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are numerous issues that online learning institutions are considering in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can educators make sure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can we certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like Cornell University to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders want to better comprehend these promising new open education experiments. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this developing demand for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This gripping new book also examines the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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