Learn more about the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which studies issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in online education enable people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that e-learning organizations are considering now that elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can we make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like OpenLearning to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Students want to understand how MOOCs can be improved. In response to this developing desideratum for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also describes the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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