Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that investigates subjects related to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in online education are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a variety of topics that e-learning technology organizations are having to attend to now that elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is passable? How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like OpenLearning to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing demand to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open education experiments. Trainers want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this growing desideratum for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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