Learn more about the enlightening new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which studies issues regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent developments in learning technology have provided the means for humans all over the world to be participants in courses online. MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning technology institutions are struggling with in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Netherlands Antilles to conduct these massively open online courses? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a need to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Academics and many other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational initiatives. Scholars want to know how these MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this need for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education topics. This gripping new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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