Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which deals with issues regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in digital education technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions certify that the training provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Laos to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these promising new open education undertakings. Academics want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing desire for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education issues. This dramatic new book also describes the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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