Learn more about the informative new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which deals with issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in distance learning technology have provided the means for students all around the world to participate in online courses. Massive open online courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that e-learning technology institutions are having to attend to now that learning technology is advancing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we be assured that the quality control for these MOOC classes is decent? How can learners make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Boston University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more available there is a increasing necessity to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders would like to better understand these new open educational endeavours. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this expanding desire for knowledge the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education issues. This authoritative new book also describes the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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