Find out more about this exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers issues regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern evolvements in e-learning are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning organizations are having to attend to now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can we be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can learners ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Curtis Institute of Music to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more available there is a growing desideratum to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants need to better understand these open educational experiments. People want to perceive how these MOOCs can be enhanced. In response to this expanding demand for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This exciting new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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