Find out more about the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that investigates topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in distance learning technology have provided the means for humans all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that e-learning technology organizations are considering more than ever because online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants manage issues like poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open education initiatives. Corporations want to understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This dramatic new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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