Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in online learning technology enable people all around the world to be participants in classes online. These MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning technology institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants certify that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Hong Kong to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can stakeholders handle problems like inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. People want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing need for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This stimulating new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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