Find out more about the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advancements in distance learning technology are empowering learners all over the world to take part in online classes. MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations be assured that the training provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Indonesia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Scientists want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this developing demand for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This scholarly new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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