Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies subjects having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses. Modern changes in online learning technology are enabling learners all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning organizations are having to attend to now that online education technology is developing so fast. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is good? How can learners assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Bangladesh to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage problems like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding need to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants want to be more aware of these promising new open educational experiments. Academics want to know how these MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this demand for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This dramatic new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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