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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that researches topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in online education technology are empowering learners all over the world to be participants in online courses. These massive open courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that e-learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers assure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can we make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with poor motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants want to be more aware of these important new open education experiments. Everyone wants to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing desire for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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