Find out more about the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in digital education technology have provided the means for humans all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that elearning technology organizations have to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we be assured that the education provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like University of New Mexico to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants would like to understand these new open education initiatives. Researchers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding demand for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education topics. This sensational new book also researches the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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