Learn more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which describes issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses. The latest advancements in learning technology are making it possible for people all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations are dealing with now that e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions make sure that the education provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more available there is a growing necessity to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Scholars want to better understand how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing demand for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education topics. This interesting new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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