Learn more about the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that investigates subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in digital education technology are providing the means for people all over the world to be participants in courses online. This MOOCs book also describes the benefits of technology integration in k-12 and higher education. MOOCs are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning organizations are considering today because online education technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Harvard University to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle issues like poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more available there is a expanding necessity to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants need to understand these exciting new open education experiments. Scientists want to understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this desire for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational topics. This interesting new book also discusses the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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