Learn more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that investigates issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in digital education technology have empowered humans all around the world to be participants in courses online. These massive online courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to deal with more than ever because online education technology is improving so fast. How can teachers make sure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can organizations make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing need to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open educational ventures. Public servants want to understand how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive demand for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also reviews the major 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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