Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in digital education technology are providing the means for humans in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online learning technology institutions are dealing with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions ensure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can institutions make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage problems like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a necessity to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders desire to better grasp these promising new open education endeavours. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing desideratum for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also researches the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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