Learn more about the fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses topics relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in e-learning technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. These massively open online courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are numerous issues that e-learning organizations are dealing with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can participants be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing necessity to be aware of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants need to better grasp these compelling new open educational experiments. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. In response to this increasing desideratum for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also considers the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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