Learn more about the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which studies topics pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in elearning technology are making it possible for learners in nations all around the world to take online classes. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. MOOCs are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning institutions are having to consider now that e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more procurable there is a need to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these significant new open education experiments. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing desideratum for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This sensational new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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