Learn more about the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which articulates subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advancements in e-learning are making it possible for students all around the world to take online courses. Massively open online courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that e-learning organizations are having to consider today because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by institutions like Ashmore and Cartier Islands to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can we get a handle on low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants need to be more aware of these significant new open educational endeavours. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing desideratum for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This book also studies the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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