Learn more about the fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in e-learning are providing the means for people all over the world to be participants in online classes. These online MOOCs are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning institutions are having to consider today because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators ensure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations manage issues like inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these exciting new open educational undertakings. Educators want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this developing desire for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This definitive new book also researches the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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