Learn more about the cutting-edge new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews topics having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in e-learning have provided the means for students all over the world to take courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology institutions must deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can we be assured that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Isle of Man to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing desideratum to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants need to better grasp these intriguing new open educational undertakings. Teachers want to know how massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this increasing desideratum for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education topics. This new book also considers the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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