Learn more about the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in elearning have empowered people in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning organizations have to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can organizations certify that the quality of these MOOC courses is decent? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can students certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business models are being used by organizations like Russia to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Teachers want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this expanding desire for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This thrilling new book also reviews the key controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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