Learn more about this exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that researches subjects related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in elearning technology have empowered learners in all parts of the world to take online classes. Massive open online courses are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that e-learning technology organizations have to deal with today because distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can participants make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing need to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Professors want to know how these MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this increasing demand for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This exciting new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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