Learn more about the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates topics relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in distance learning technology are empowering students all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that learning technology organizations have to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants certify that the training provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can learners assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Open2Study to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education undertakings. Teachers want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this expanding desire for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also articulates the controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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