Learn more about the thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New developments in online education technology make it possible for people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that e-learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions certify that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can participants certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Meetup to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to be aware of how MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Everybody wants to better understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing demand for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This book also studies the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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