Find out more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that addresses issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New changes in online education have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to take courses online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning organizations are dealing with today because distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Canvas Network to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants desire to be more aware of these new open educational initiatives. Corporations want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive desire for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This authoritative new book also deals with 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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