Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest changes in electronic educational technology have empowered learners in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. These online MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that e-learning technology organizations are considering in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders certify that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle issues like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive these significant new open educational experiments. Researchers want to better understand how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing demand for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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