Find out more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which analyzes topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest changes in online learning have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online education organizations are struggling with today because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of these massive open online courses is respectable? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators manage issues like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these open education initiatives. Trainers want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing desire for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education topics. This new book also studies the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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