Learn more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes topics having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses. New developments in digital education technology have enabled learners all over the world to take online courses. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online education organizations must deal with in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants assure that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Google+ to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants want to understand the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Researchers want to understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding demand for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education subjects. This amazing new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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