Learn more about the illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses subjects relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New changes in e-learning technology are making it possible for learners in all parts of the world to be participants in classes online. These MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can learners guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Georgia to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage low motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Public servants want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this growing demand for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education topics. This book also describes the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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