Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers subjects relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest advances in digital education technology have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. These massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that elearning technology organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can we ensure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators get a handle on low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desideratum to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Everyone wants to perceive how these MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this expanding demand for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also discusses the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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