Find out more about the edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses. New advancements in distance learning enable students all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that elearning technology organizations are having to consider now that e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Israel to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants would like to understand these promising new open education ventures. Intellectuals want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be made better. To meet this desire for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This exciting new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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