Find out more about the fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers subjects related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advancements in distance learning have provided the means for students in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. These MOOCs are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning technology institutions are struggling with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Cambodia to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a developing desideratum to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this increasing demand for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This dramatic new book also studies the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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