Learn more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses. Modern advances in distance learning technology have provided the means for students in nations all around the world to take online classes. Massively open online courses are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a variety of topics that e-learning technology institutions have to consider more than ever 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 participants make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage problems like poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more available there is a increasing desire to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these new open educational ventures. Lecturers want to know how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing desideratum for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This interesting new book also discusses the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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