Find out more about this fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New developments in e-learning technology are providing the means for humans all over the world to take classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are quite a few issues that online education organizations are struggling with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can educators certify that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like CaltechX to conduct these MOOC classes? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more available there is a expanding demand to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these exciting new open education ventures. Everyone wants to know how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this need for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education topics. This interesting new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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