Find out more about the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that analyzes topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest evolvements in online learning technology have empowered students all around the world to participate in courses online. MOOC classes are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that e-learning technology institutions have to struggle with now that elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Ascension to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a necessity to be aware of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational undertakings. Everybody wants to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this growing desideratum for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This dramatic new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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