Learn more about the informative new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new gains in distance learning technology have enabled people all around the world to take online courses. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders ensure that the education provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Germany to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desideratum to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational undertakings. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this desire for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also discusses the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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