Learn more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that deals with issues regarding open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in online education are providing the means for humans all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that distance learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers make sure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can we make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage issues like poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more available there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these exciting new open education initiatives. Academics want to understand how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. In response to this expanding demand for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education issues. This gripping new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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