Learn more about the illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent gains in online learning are empowering people all around the world to be participants in classes online. These MOOCs are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning technology institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of these massive open online courses is good? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Vanderbilt University to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle low motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Scientists want to know how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this growing desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also explores the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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