Find out more about this interesting book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that articulates issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in distance learning make it possible for learners in nations all around the world to take online courses. Massively open online courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of issues that online learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can we guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is all right? How can learners be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle problems like low motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders would like to better grasp these compelling new open educational ventures. Universities want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this crescive demand for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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