Learn more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in e-learning enable students all over the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning institutions must deal with now that distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the quality of these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Korea, North to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can institutions handle problems like low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing need to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants want to understand these interesting new open educational experiments. Professors want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this demand for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This thrilling new book also researches the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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