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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which addresses subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in distance learning technology have enabled humans all over the world to take part in classes online. MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators make sure that the quality of these massive open online courses is passable? How can organizations assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Japan to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage issues like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Scholars want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this desideratum for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This new book also discusses the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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