Learn more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes topics regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in online education technology have made it possible for humans all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to struggle with today because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants make sure that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations manage low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing need to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants want to be more aware of the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this expanding demand for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational topics. This inspiring new book also considers the controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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