Learn more about the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest advances in digital education technology are empowering people all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because distance learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a developing need to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Professors want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive desire for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also talks about the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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