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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent advances in distance learning technology have enabled learners in nations all around the world to take classes online. These massive open courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that elearning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can we certify that the quality of these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can organizations ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators get a handle on inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants desire to understand these promising new open educational ventures. Trainers want to understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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