Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in electronic education technology have empowered people all around the world to be participants in courses online. These massive online courses are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we be assured that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can learners guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like Burundi to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle issues like poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Everybody wants to perceive how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this growing demand for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also considers the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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