Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that deals with issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advancements in elearning are enabling people all around the world to take classes online. These massively open online courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so fast. How can we be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can participants certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Scholars want to comprehend how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this increasing desire for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This dramatic new book also explores the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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