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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which deals with issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest gains in distance learning technology are providing the means for humans all around the world to take classes online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that elearning technology organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so fast. How can educators certify that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Kauffman Fellows Academy to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open educational ventures. Professors want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This intriguing new book also studies the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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