Learn more about the fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in online learning technology have made it possible for students all over the world to take online classes. MOOC courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online education organizations are struggling with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders ensure that the education provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business models are being used by institutions like Suriname to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding necessity to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Universities want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this growing desire for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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