Learn more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that talks about topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in electronic education technology have enabled humans all around the world to participate in classes online. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These online MOOC courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is all right? How can participants assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants need to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open educational initiatives. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing need for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education issues. This new book also examines the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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