Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that addresses subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in online learning technology have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online education organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators manage problems like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open education initiatives. Everybody wants to know how MOOCs can be made better. In response to this increasing desire for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This sensational new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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