Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which researches issues having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses. Modern developments in elearning are empowering people in nations all aver the world to take online classes. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massive online courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning technology institutions are having to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants ensure that the education provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like FutureLearn to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage problems like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a desire to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Corporations want to perceive how MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this developing desire for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also considers the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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