Learn more about the enlightening new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates subjects relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in online education have provided the means for students all around the world to participate in classes online. MOOC courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that distance learning institutions are considering now that online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Montserrat to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle issues like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desideratum to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open educational endeavours. Teachers want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding need for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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