Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest changes in e-learning have empowered humans all around the world to participate in courses online. MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that e-learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers assure that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can organizations make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Portugal to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a increasing desire to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants want to better understand these compelling new open educational experiments. Educators want to know how massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this developing demand for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This authoritative new book also reviews the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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