Learn more about the illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which analyzes issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in digital education technology have made it possible for people all around the world to participate in courses online. Massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions must deal with in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Germany to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage problems like poor motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning becomes more available there is a increasing desire to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants would like to understand these promising new open educational ventures. Professors want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive need for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also researches the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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