Find out more about this engaging new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that researches subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in online education technology make it possible for students in every nation on earth to take classes online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that learning technology organizations have to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is decent? How can learners be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like OpenLearning to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a need to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Teachers want to better understand how MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this growing desideratum for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also addresses the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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