Learn more about the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which describes topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in distance learning have provided the means for students in nations all around the world to participate in online classes. MOOC courses are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that learning technology organizations are struggling with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can we be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is adequate? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Germany to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor motivation and high attrition?

As online education technology becomes more procurable there is a developing necessity to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open educational experiments. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To handle this expanding desideratum for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational issues. This new book also investigates the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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