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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in learning technology have made it possible for students in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online learning organizations are dealing with now that online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can we guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can we make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Papua New Guinea to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand these interesting new open education experiments. Scholars want to know how MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this demand for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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