Find out more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which studies subjects regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in distance learning have made it possible for learners in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. MOOCs are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are many issues that online learning technology institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can we be assured that the quality control for these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Khan Academy to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle issues like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Teachers want to know how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this expanding need for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This book also considers the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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