Learn more about the fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that deals with topics pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in distance learning technology have empowered people in nations all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that elearning technology institutions are having to consider more than ever because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can organizations be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage issues like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to perceive how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this crescive demand for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This book also describes the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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