Learn more about the informative new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that researches issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in electronic educational technology are providing the means for students in every nation on earth to take part in online courses. These massively open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that elearning technology institutions are having to attend to today because elearning technology is improving so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can stakeholders make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage issues like low student motivation and high attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a need to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders need to better comprehend these exciting new open educational ventures. Lecturers want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing need for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This book also studies the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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