Learn more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern evolvements in online learning technology enable people in all parts of the world to take part in online courses. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning organizations are dealing with today because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can we make sure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Cuba to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle problems like poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding need to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Scholars want to understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this developing desideratum for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also examines the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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