Learn more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes topics having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in online education are providing the means for learners all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a variety of issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of these MOOC classes is passable? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Congo, (Congo  – Kinshasa) to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage problems like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a desire to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Instructors and many other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open education ventures. Everyone wants to perceive how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive need for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This amazing new book also reviews the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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