Learn more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines subjects pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses. The latest developments in distance learning enable learners all around the world to participate in courses online. Massive open online courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are several issues that e-learning technology organizations have to deal with more than ever because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants ensure that the education provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like NovoEd to conduct these MOOC courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we get a handle on low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational endeavours. People want to comprehend how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this desire for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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