Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advancements in elearning technology enable learners all around the world to take online classes. These MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning institutions are having to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Hungary to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing necessity to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants want to be more aware of these compelling new open education endeavours. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing desire for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This dramatic new book also addresses the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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