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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which addresses topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in online education technology are empowering people all over the world to participate in courses online. This MOOCs book also describes the benefits of technology integration in k-12 and higher education. These MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that e-learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of low motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these open education experiments. Scientists want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding need for data the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education subjects. This dramatic new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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