Find out more about the fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which describes topics regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses. New advances in online education have enabled learners all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning organizations are considering now that e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions be assured that the training provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business models are being used by organizations like China, People's Republic of to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and many other participants want to be more aware of these exciting new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing need for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also reviews the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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