Find out more about the illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses. New advances in elearning technology are providing the means for humans all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that elearning technology organizations are struggling with now that distance learning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Universities want to perceive how MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this developing need for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This book also explores the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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