Learn more about the compelling new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in digital education technology have provided the means for people all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that e-learning technology institutions have to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can students make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other participants desire to gain a better understanding of these open educational undertakings. Intellectuals want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this demand for knowledge the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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