Learn more about the informative new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that researches topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent advances in online learning are providing the means for humans all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online learning institutions are having to consider in 2015 because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants be assured that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can learners make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants want to gain more knowledge about these important new open education experiments. Educators want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. In response to this crescive desideratum for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This book also investigates the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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