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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews topics related to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in online learning are enabling students in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. These massive online courses are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that learning technology institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations be assured that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Germany to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education becomes more abundant there is a desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Teachers want to grasp how massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive demand for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This stimulating new book also reviews the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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