Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews subjects regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses. New advances in digital education technology have enabled humans all over the world to take part in online classes. MOOCs are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online education institutions are considering in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can educators make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this growing desideratum for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This exciting new book also examines the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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