Learn more about the enlightening new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in online education have empowered humans all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning organizations are having to consider in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Ireland to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desire to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders want to better comprehend these intriguing new open educational experiments. Students want to better understand how massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive demand for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This book also discusses the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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