Learn more about the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in digital education technology make it possible for learners in all parts of the world to take part in online courses. MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that e-learning institutions must deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality control for these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a need to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open educational undertakings. Intellectuals want to understand how these MOOCs can be improved. To meet this developing desire for knowledge the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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