Learn more about the illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in digital education technology have empowered humans in all parts of the world to take part in online classes. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that e-learning technology organizations have to consider in 2015 because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like China, People's Republic of to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a desire to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open educational endeavours. Professors want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this crescive need for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This book also discusses 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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