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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers issues having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses. Modern changes in technology-enhanced learning enable humans in every nation on earth to take classes online. Massively open online courses are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that distance learning organizations are having to consider in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the training provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can participants certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage issues like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Scientists want to understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this crescive desire for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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