Learn more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that investigates topics pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent advancements in distance learning technology have provided the means for students all over the world to participate in online courses. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle problems like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to comprehend how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these open educational endeavours. Intellectuals want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing need for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also discusses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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