Learn more about the edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in online learning technology make it possible for people in all parts of the world to be participants in classes online. These massive open online courses are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning institutions are dealing with now that online learning technology is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations certify that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? How can we manage low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Academics want to understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing desire for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This sensational new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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