Learn more about the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which describes topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in electronic education technology have empowered students all around the world to take online courses. These massive online courses are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are many subjects that online learning organizations are dealing with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can we assure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other participants desire to better understand these fascinating new open education experiments. Researchers want to know how these MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this developing desideratum for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also examines the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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