Learn more about the illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that investigates subjects regarding open education resources and massively open online courses. Modern advances in online learning technology are empowering students all over the world to be participants in courses online. These MOOCs are free for students 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 numerous subjects that learning technology organizations have to consider today because elearning technology is improving so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations certify that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Université Numérique France Université Numérique to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these fascinating new open education endeavours. People want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive need for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also considers 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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