Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that addresses topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in e-learning technology enable people in nations all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning organizations are having to attend to now that online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we guarantee that the quality of these MOOC classes is all right? How can organizations ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like FutureLearn to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more available there is a growing need to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Teachers want to know how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. In response to this crescive desire for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also addresses the controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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