Find out more about the thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that articulates topics pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in e-learning technology are enabling learners in nations all around the world to participate in online classes. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can we make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Facebook to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open educational ventures. Public servants want to grasp how these MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this expanding desire for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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