Learn more about the engaging new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which articulates topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest evolvements in e-learning make it possible for learners all over the world to participate in online classes. Massively open online courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few topics that online learning organizations are considering now that online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions certify that the quality control for these massively open online courses is respectable? How can students certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like South Africa to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations manage low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these important new open education experiments. People want to better understand how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing need for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This sensational new book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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