Find out more about the thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that describes topics relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in digital education technology have enabled people all around the world to take online classes. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massive open online courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that elearning technology institutions have to deal with in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators certify that the education provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders need to be more aware of these intriguing new open education endeavours. Researchers want to grasp how MOOCs can be made better. To meet this growing desideratum for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also reviews the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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