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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in digital education technology have provided the means for students all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that e-learning institutions are considering in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can institutions assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can students certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Aland to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Trainers want to better understand how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this desire for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This book also researches the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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