Learn more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers topics related to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent changes in electronic education technology have enabled people in every nation on earth to take online courses. MOOC classes are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning organizations are considering today because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations assure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants want to understand these fascinating new open education initiatives. Universities want to know how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this developing desideratum for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This book also investigates the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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