Learn more about this impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in elearning enable students all around the world to take part in courses online. These massive open online courses are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that elearning institutions have to deal with now that online education technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations ensure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Utah Valley University to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants need to better understand these intriguing new open educational experiments. Teachers want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this expanding desire for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This new book also describes the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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