Find out more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers subjects related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advancements in elearning technology have provided the means for humans all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning technology organizations are having to attend to now that online learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators be assured that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a necessity to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders need to better understand these promising new open educational ventures. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this expanding demand for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also researches the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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