Learn more about this interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which researches subjects related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent changes in digital education technology have empowered learners in all parts of the world to be participants in classes online. Massively open online courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a variety of issues that online education organizations are dealing with now that e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations certify that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage problems like low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants would like to better grasp these compelling new open educational experiments. Researchers want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education topics. This intriguing new book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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