Learn more about this scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in digital education technology have enabled students all around the world to take part in online courses. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that learning technology organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations ensure that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business models are being used by organizations like Mongolia to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants desire to better comprehend these compelling new open educational ventures. Instructors want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive demand for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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