Learn more about the fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that addresses subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest changes in online learning technology enable learners all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning technology organizations have to deal with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of these MOOC courses is good? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage issues like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding necessity to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open education endeavours. Students want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desire for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This new book also reviews the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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