Find out more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that investigates issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest advancements in distance learning have enabled people all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we make sure that the training provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like FutureLearn to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing need to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants want to better perceive these promising new open education experiments. Corporations want to better understand how massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this need for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational issues. This gripping new book also researches the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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