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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which addresses topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New evolvements in e-learning technology have made it possible for students in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning organizations are considering today because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can we certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle problems like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding necessity to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants need to better comprehend the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Scholars want to grasp how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this crescive desideratum for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also studies the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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