Learn more about the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest improvements in e-learning are enabling learners all over the world to take part in online classes. These MOOC classes are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can participants certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders desire to understand these intriguing new open education experiments. Everyone wants to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing desire for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education subjects. This new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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