Find out more about the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies topics relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in e-learning make it possible for people in all parts of the world to take part in courses online. These massive open courses are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning technology institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers assure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is passable? This open education book offers guidelines for others hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning experience. How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we get a handle on low motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a developing need to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Universities want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this developing demand for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational topics. This interesting new book also examines the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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