Learn more about the edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers subjects pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses. New changes in distance learning technology have empowered students in nations all around the world to be participants in courses online. Massively open online courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that distance learning institutions are having to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of these massive open online courses is all right? How can we make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing desire to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants need to understand the outcomes of these important new open educational undertakings. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive desire for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education topics. This interesting new book also discusses the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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