Find out more about this book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses subjects having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent advancements in distance learning have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to take online courses. These online MOOC courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that learning technology organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can institutions be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage issues like inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning becomes more procurable there is a growing demand to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these intriguing new open educational initiatives. Teachers want to better understand how MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this developing need for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This definitive new book also considers the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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