Learn more about this illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new evolvements in distance learning technology have empowered learners all over the world to be participants in online classes. These MOOC classes are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can participants ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more available there is a growing demand to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this demand for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also discusses the 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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