Learn more about the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which investigates subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in e-learning technology are empowering students in all parts of the world to take classes online. MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to consider now that e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these exciting new open educational endeavours. Public servants want to comprehend how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this crescive desire for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This book also describes the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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