Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that investigates topics related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in digital education technology have made it possible for students in nations all around the world to take part in courses online. These MOOCs are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning institutions are having to deal with now that distance learning technology is developing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations be assured that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Togo to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more procurable there is a developing need to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants want to gain a better understanding of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Professors want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this developing demand for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education topics. This exciting new book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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