Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which analyzes topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in online education have empowered humans in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that elearning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. How can we be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can stakeholders ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Students want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desire for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also explores the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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