Learn more about the significant new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern improvements in distance learning have made it possible for students all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning technology institutions must deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can educators be assured that the training provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like The University of Chicago to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more abundant there is a demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Teachers want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing desideratum for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This exciting new book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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