Learn more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which explores topics relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in online learning technology enable people in all parts of the world to take online classes. These online MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning institutions have to consider today because distance learning technology is advancing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers certify that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can students certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Kiribati to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open education endeavours. Universities want to know how MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this expanding demand for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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