Learn more about the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern evolvements in elearning have empowered people in nations all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning institutions have to deal with now that distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers assure that the quality of these massive open online courses is adequate? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Seattle Central Community College to conduct these massive open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a developing need to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this expanding demand for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also talks about the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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