Find out more about the thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that articulates subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in online education technology have made it possible for people all over the world to take part in courses online. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that learning technology organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can participants be assured that the training provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open education ventures. Public servants want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing desire for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also reviews the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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