Learn more about the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which explores issues regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in learning technology enable people all over the world to take courses online. These MOOC courses are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that elearning technology institutions are having to struggle with today because online education technology is developing so fast. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Estonia to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants need to better perceive these promising new open education ventures. Researchers want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing demand for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This new book also studies the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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