Find out more about the thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New advancements in online education enable people all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning technology organizations are struggling with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Nicaragua to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle issues like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders want to better understand these significant new open education experiments. Students want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing desideratum for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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