Find out more about the breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest advancements in electronic education technology make it possible for people all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning organizations are considering in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers ensure that the quality of these massive open online courses is decent? How can organizations assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these important new open education experiments. Everybody wants to grasp how these MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this expanding desire for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education topics. This stimulating new book also analyzes the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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