Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent developments in online education are enabling humans in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so fast. How can institutions make sure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Duke University to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we get a handle on low motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these exciting new open educational ventures. Everybody wants to know how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this increasing demand for data the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational subjects. This interesting new book also articulates the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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