Find out more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new developments in online education are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to take online courses. These MOOC classes are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the training provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can participants certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like Australia to conduct these massive open online courses? How can we handle low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a need to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Scholars and many other participants would like to understand these fascinating new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to understand how MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this developing desire for data the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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