Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which addresses issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in online learning are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to participate in classes online. MOOC courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that e-learning technology organizations are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders would like to understand these exciting new open educational experiments. Educators want to grasp how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this desideratum for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This gripping new book also investigates the controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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