Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in electronic education technology have made it possible for people in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that distance learning organizations are dealing with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Macau to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these fascinating new open education endeavours. Researchers want to understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. In response to this increasing desideratum for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education topics. This new book also describes the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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