Find out more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which talks about issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in e-learning have provided the means for humans in nations all around the world to participate in classes online. MOOCs are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning organizations have to deal with today because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is good? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing demand for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource topics. This new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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